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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  de  microreproductions  historlques 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  IMotas/Note:.  tachniquas  at  bibiiographiquas 


The  institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  beat 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  hibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


□I    Coloured  covers/ 
I    Couverture  de  couiaur 


I      I    Covers  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommagie 


□    Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaurie  at/ou  peinculia 

□    Cover  title  missing/ 
L-^  titre  de  couverture  manqua 


I      I    Coloured  maps/ 


Cartes  giographiquas  en  couleur 


FTj    Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
l^    Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noira) 

□    Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  coulour 


□    Bound  with  other  material/ 
ReliA  avec  d'autres  documents 


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D 


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Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
a^ong  interior  margin/ 

La  re  liure  serr6e  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  le  long  de  la  marga  intdrieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
Si  se  peut  que  certiines  pages  blanches  ajouties 
lors  d'jne  restauration  apparaissent  dans  la  texte, 
mjis,  iorsque  cala  itait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pt  s  6t6  f ilm^es. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  suppiimentaires; 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  it«  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-dtre  uniqL.es  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  axiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m^thoda  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiquds  ci-dessous. 


I      I    Coloured  pages/ 


Pages  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagies 

Pages  restored  and/oi 

Pages  restaur^as  at/ou  pallicul^es 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxei 
Pages  dicolor^es,  tachet^as  ou  piqu^es 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  ditach^es 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  prir 

Quality  in^gale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  materii 
Comprend  du  material  supplementaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seuie  idition  disponible 


n~l  Pages  damaged/ 

I      I  Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

FTj  Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 

I      j  Pages  detached/ 

r~7  Showthrough/ 

I      I  Quality  of  print  varies/ 

I      I  Includes  supplementary  material/ 

I      I  Only  edition  available/ 


D 


Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc..  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  pardellament 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata.  une  pelure, 
etc..  ont  it6  fiEmdes  d  nouveau  de  facon  i 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


Thi&  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 
Ce  document  est  film*  au  taux  de  reduction  indiqu*  ci-dessous. 
10X  14X  18X  22X 


12X 


26X 


30X 


y 


16X 


20X 


2<5X 


28X 


32X 


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nodifier 
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pelure, 
n  d 


The  copy  filmed  here  has  been  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

York  University 
Toronto 
Scott  Library 

Tho  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  looping  with  the 
fil.Tiing  contract  specifications. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  covei'  when  appropriate.  AM 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impces 
sion,  and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printOvi 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  —^-(meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


1 

2 

3 

L'exemplaire  fllm6  fut  reproduit  grdce  it  la 
g6n6rosit6  de: 

York  University 
Toronto 
Scott  Library 

Les  images  suivantes  ont  6x6  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettetd  de  l'exemplaire  film^,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimie  sont  film6s  en  commenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  film6s  en  commenpant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparattra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — *>  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbcite  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  dtre 
film6s  6  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichd,  il  est  film6  i  partir 
de  I'angie  supirieur  gauche,  de  gauche  6  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  dia^rammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mdthode. 


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4  5  6 


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LIE  IT.    JAMES    MOODY, 


'flK  CAU^^E  OF  GOVKllXAIKXT  SlXci.;    lUE  VK.vil  1770. 

llhittcii  bj)  liinu-idf, 

^Viril      Till.;      AITIInil's      LAST      ((mKKcTIONS. 
-■Iii//ii)iiic(itnl  1,1/ piojier  Cirlifwd/is. 


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^'IIAKLKS  I.  BUSIINHLL. 


M"\V    V(.I!K: 

i'lU  V  ATEJ,  y     J' HINTED. 

ISGo. 


£ 

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Kntori'il.  iU'conliii^Mo  Ac-I  oC  Cuugrot-s,  in  tlie  V(';ir  ISlio.  li,v 
CIIAUMO-    I.  liL'SllXKI,!., 
In  tlio  ("liTk's  Otlii'o  of  ibc  District  Court  of  tlie  Unitcl  Stale;  I'm-  llic 
SoutliLTii   Iii<tiii-t  (if  New  York. 


i 


IXTKODnri^lOX. 


IKCT.  .lAMKS  MOODV,  the  nntlini- uf 
tlif  twilowiiiu'  iianMti\  r,  \\a>  uiic  of  the 
ni(i.-t  ci'lfhratcd  pai'fisaii  k-aiU'r.-  nf  the 
lu'Nohitiiiii.  lie  scciiis.  Ill  tact,  to  hasc 
l>"rii  ])rciin:irlv  titlcil  t'lH'  thi>  >[)fcic,>  of  warlarr. 
\\  ith  a  ruhii>t  (•(iii>titiitiuii  and  iiiiciuiiiiKiii  |>hv 
sical  sti'ciio'tli.  Ill'  was  jmin-tc-xmI  nf  iiPcat  activitv 
aiul  |)u\\cr  (,t'  ciKliiraiicc.  His  niiiul  was  clear 
anil  encriictic.  liis  -jiirit  linn  and  dclcrniiiicd. 
11(;  Mas  tViiitriil  in  cxprdicnt^,  liraxc  and  seh-]..)s- 
.scssocl,    (|iialilies   which    ciiahlcd    him    ti.    extricate 


m 


IV 


IN  ri;ti|)L(   Itn.V. 


IS 


liiin.-ulr    tVoiii    iiiiiiiv    jiri'ili»ii8    riiuTiti'iicio    ill'   tin.- 
ci'iirsf  (if  liis  I'lU'ccr. 

lie  was  urii-'iiiiillv  a  fjirmcr  in  New  Jcrscv.  At 
the  (•(.iimiciicciiifiif  ..ftlic  Ki'Voliitioii.  In-  rciiiaiiuMl 
l"v;ilt<i  the  kiiiM-.  .,11(1  \,\  liis  zeal  in  tlit-  <-ausi'.  \,v- 
ciiiiic  >..  oI)ii(,xi(,iis  t(.  tlu-  Wliii;-.-,  that  lii'  wa.-  at 
Icii.i-tli  (•..ni|H'llc(|  t..  >.vl<  >atV-tv  ill  tlic  I'.ririsli  linrs. 
iH'in--  iiaturallv  Iniid  ,<\'  aih  (.iitinv.  and  pn.iii|.t(Ml 
iilM.  I.v  a  conviction  of  ri-lit.  and  also.  iKTliaps.  |,_v 
a  spirit  of  n.\(.noc,  he  soon  took  up  ai-nis  in  tlic  ser- 
vice, and    hecaine    eelel. rated  as  a  partisan  and  a 


l>\. 


'"  ' iniand  of  an  indepeiideiit  coinpanv.  lie  was 

tlieeaii>e  of  i-'reat  suti'erino'  to  tlie  Ainerieaiis.  i.v 
liis  predatorv  iiieiiisions.  Sometimes  lie  would 
prowl  aiioiit  the  camp,  wafchin-  the  nioveineiits 
and  iiotin-  the  plans  of  the  army,  and  at  other  times 
lie  would  lurk  alHMit  the  roidenees  of  civilians  of 
'•liiiracter  seekin-'  for  an  opp,,rtiinitv  to  earrv  tliem 

OJi. 

lie  was  a  source  (.f  nreat  annoyance  to  W'ash- 
ini-'ton  aiKl  other  commanders  hy  interoeptiiij.  and 
seizino-  theii'  dopatchcs.     ( )n  ,,ne  occasion  tlds  pro- 


■m 


l.\|i;nlM(   IIOV. 


j)i'ii>irv  \v;i>  tiii'iicd  In  soiiic  l.ciiciit  tM  t!u'  Aiiicric  m 

<'!i||sr.    WiV    \\r    rdl     ill   with     .nine    (IdCillllcllts    \»liicli 

liiid  lifi'ii  j.iii|.(.>i.|y  -lilt  In  diiTct  Sir  I|ciir\  Clin- 
ton In  XfU  V..|'k  ;i,-  Ihc  pnlllt  nl'  ;|ft;li'l<  ill>lc;i<l  nf 
"1  nl'JsInWIl,   the   Vr;[\    |i|j|('('  nj'  rclH  lc/\  ( HIS. 

<>ii  iiiinilici- nci-asmii  hcciiiiic  xfi'v  iii'iii' caiitiiriiin' 
<iovcriinr  Liviii-stnii,  i,\^  Si'W  .Icrst'v.  and  on 
aimllicr  wmild  have  siicccvdcd  in  carrviiii;-  nfi"  llic 
liodjxs  and  dnciiiiuMil>  <<\'  ( 'unnT,.>,:  Imt  i\,y  tlic 
trcacliri-y  nf  mir  (,t'  Ids  |.ai't_v.  In  I  his  aihciitiirc. 
Ids  hi'nljici-  was  lai<t.Mi  and  Mili>c(|iu'iitly  cxfciiti'd. 
and  "Moody  hiniscll' iiai  i'n\\  ly  escaped  cajituri'. 

licinn'  cxciH'diinily  iictivc.  |>i'niii|it  and  ciinniii;.:'  in 
llic  (•xcciitinii  nt'  his  ])lans.  he  sjircail  ii'rcat  Icrrnr 
anmnu'  t\\r  inhahiraiirs.  Rewards  were  nffci-cd  for 
liis  apiiri'lniisioii,  and  alti'iiii.t>  niadr  to  fake  him, 
l»ut  I'or  a  tinn   williouf  .-ucccss. 

At  Icnii'tli,  liowcNci-,  hr  fell  into  thi'  hand-  of 
'M'li.  Wayne,  who  .-.riit  him.  a  [irisoiici-.  to  Wor 
J'oint.  \vlii':-c  hu  rndiiivd  I'or  a  while  a  ri^'omus 
''onliiiemeiit,  l.iir  he  c'vontually  l.mke  hi>  iiiiard. 
ctl'ecled    his    ('sea|)e.    and    was    ai:ain    in    sii'xice    a.s 

lu'lol't'. 


VI 


IN  I  I.'niil  I    Kd.V. 


Til,;  f'oiistiriifidii.  tliMiiol,  ii:itiir;,Ilv  sfroiiii'.  fiimllv 
'•(■(•iiiiif  iiiipiiii'cd  l)v  liai«l-lii|.  iiinl  <'\p(i-iiiv.  mimI 
li"  Wiis  (•(.iiipcllrd  ti>  M'cli  i'f|H)>('.  lie  went  to 
Kii^liilid  ill  flic  iiHiiitli  of  NnvciiiluT.  17<!|.  jiikI 
'•'"niniiird  til,. IV  f\v,,  ,,r  tl.u;>  vimis.  Ilctlicii  tu<.k 
ii|i  Ills  iv>i(|(.|icc  ill  \\'<.yiii(iiitli.  .\u\;i  Scdtiji.  wIicit 
lie  Iifcanic  !i  (•(ili.iicj  of  ii  rci-iiiiciit  d'  inilitia.  He 
lived  (.11  li;ilt-i»:iy  until  the  vciir  isiii*.  wlu.n  I,,.  l,i,| 
adieu  to  life  nf  the  aiic  of  sixty  tiv,'  years. 

•»'l'-   ^' ly    i'eei'i\e(]    hut    |ioor   coiinielisatioli    tor 

llie  hose,-    he   Mistaiiied.    the    liardslii|.>    he   endured. 

aiKi  the    perils   he  ein iilere<|.      'I'h,.  one   hiiiidied 

ii'uiiieas  heohtaiiied  for  the  capture  of  the  1irst  mail, 
and  the  two  hiindi'ed  tor  the  >eeond.  toiicther  witli 
thirly  iiiorf  which  weie  paid  him  Ity  (ieueral 
I{ol.ertsoii  as  an  oiittit  for  the  expeijitioii  lie  under- 
took for  the  x'iziire  of  (ioveriior  l,i\ini:'>toii.  mak,. 
the  r-iim  total  of  his  emoliiiiieiits  hiyoiKl  otlier>  ot' 
his  ran1<. 

lie  had  i>xpo>e(l  hi-  |ifr  for  a  year,  without  even 
the  pay  of  a  coiunioii  >oIdier.  and  when  he  left  the 
army,  althouuh  deeply  in  dehr  liy  rea>on  ol' 
cni;a<;'ements  incnrred   for  the  eau>e  ol'  the  Cronii. 


1 


I\  I  i;(i|>l  r|  |ii.\. 


\  li 


sfrviiiii'  t'nr.)\(.r  I'mir  \c;iis  with  r\ci'\  -MtMjiction 
'"'"'-  >ii|i<'i'iMr-.  with  hi,  health  iiiipaiivd.  and  hi- 
v-t-Mv  i'ni'iritrd.  vrt  he  \va>.  t^  tliu  >hainr  ..f  thf 
Mritish  .liuvrriiincnt,  hut  a  iiniv  lii'iitniaiif  in  a 
<'i>i'|i>  (if  \  olmitccis. 

'\' f  'li''  tiiiii'  when   he   w  a-  >olicitiiin' tVoiii  fhi' 

<i'>vcniiiicnt  (M.iiip,.n>atinii  |'..r  the  h)-.sc>  lie  had 
Mistaiiicd  ill  thf  war.  he  wmtc  and  |iiililishc<l  a  nar- 
I'.'ltivc  of  hiN  advcntiii'cs. 

Ill  ••iin>c.jm.|icc  (,r  tlif  inciviliility  with  which 
ir  wa>  received,  he  i.-siied  in  1  7s;j  a  x'coiid  edition, 
'""<''i  <'iih''rovd.  tn  which  he  added  s..iiie  em- 
'■••'"'rative  te>tini(.iiy.  The  iiai'rative  is  ch-ar  and 
well  expressed.  It  is  written  with  much  ni.Mle>ty, 
and  heais  the  ini|,ii'>s  uf'  can<|(.r.  impartiality  and 
truth. 

'I'he  pre-eiit  issue  i^  printed  from  the  aiilhorV 
piavate  copy  ,,|'  the  second  e<litioii.  coiitaininii'  his 
'ii;iniiM-rii)t  notes  and  correction,.,  and  i>  an  exact 
reprint  of  the 'u'inal. 

ill  coiic'ii>ion.  we  woiihl  state  that.  i\>y  the 
coiiveni' nee  of  the  piiMic.  the  oni..i„;il  |oot-n.,te. 
"'■'■    •"- '■^•'■'•'■'l     ">    I'V    marls.,    an.l     the    iiianii>cript 


\  III 


IN  I  l.'oMI  r  lIuV, 


Jiililitic.il-.   I.v   ltticr>.     Thr  iintp.,   t'liniislii'd    l.\   tli.' 

cililnr     ;iiv     (l.'si;LrMlllt'(l       l)V      II  lllll  I  .I'lS.      ;|||l|      W  i  1 1     Im' 

Iniiiid  at  tlic  end  ut'  the  iiiiiTiitisc. 


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IIOK'K  iiikI   ,,1mi,,  it  ucMiM  sfrin,  liavr  scl- 

«»**     Tlu'su   arc    usually   tl.,-   ivsult   uf  .•iiviiin- 
^W     ~i'"i''''>iill«.rly\viriio.it.)iir,'(.iiin„il.    Of  tlif  tniti,  uf 
/^^r.,    il.is  pusitiuM.  ti„.  W,it.,.-,  ,.u„  nrrut  histuiv  allWnIs 
>:£' :     aljuiaiaiil  iirui.fs 

^I'vci.  years  a-o,  frw  Imniaii  ,.v..|,ts  m.,.|,i,..1  „„„■(> 

""I""'"''''''  "'^'"  """  !'<■,"  plain.  n.utrMi.MllarnHT 
-UI..I    u„    a    hnv,,   (n,i|,.   ,,,,,„„,„_   ,,.,,    ,,„,|.i,„,„.„^.,,,, 

»'"•"> -Mus  uuu,  in  tl„.  Ih.m  dimar.  a.Ml  happios,  ruuMfrv  in 
""    ^^-IW.  >l,n„hl,.vrrl„.ar   his  plnu^h-shar.  i,„„  a  suu.M 


10 


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;iim1  roiiiinciici'  n  suli/ier.  Nor  wii^  it  less  iiiipnilialilc,  tlial 
lie  >liuiil(l  ever  liocoiiic  ii  icrilcr,  mikI  Ih'  called  ii|i(iii  to  jirint 
!i  iiiin-dlliT  (i|  liis  nwii  liilvciitiircs.  W'l  necessity  {inil  a 
sci-c  (if  (liiiy,  ('(iiilnirv  to  liis  natural  iiicliiintioii,  -ooii 
I'orceu  liini  to  appear  in  the  loriner  of  ijie-e  eliai'aeters  ; 
and  the  inipnrtnnity  of  friends  lla^  now  picviiiled  with  liiui 
to  assume  tlic  lallcr. 

WlicM  the  present  ill-fated  Reliellion  lir-l  hmke  (ail,  iu' 
was,  as  lias  alreinly  l)een  hinted,  a  happy  fanner,  witlHiut  a 
wish  or  an  idea  \A'  any  othei'  eiijoynient,  tiian  ihat  of  niakinu 
liajipy  and  Ijeintf  happv  witii,  a  lieloved  uife,  and  three  pro- 
.iiisinj^- ehildren.  lieloved  his  neiuhlionrs,  and  hopi  ■  thev 
were  not  wholly  without  reji'ard  for  liiin.  Clear  of  deht, 
and  at  ease  in  his  po><es,-ions,  he  lia('  seldom  tiiou,L;ht  much 
ol  jjolitieal  or  state  (pu'stions  ;  hut  he  lelt  and  knew  he  had 
every  possil)le  reason  to  l)e  i:'rate!ul  for,  and  attaehed  to, 
that  ii'loi'ions  (Vuistitution  to  wliieh  ne  owed  his  seeurit\-. 
The  lii'si  ui'eaf  uneasiness  la:  ever  felt,  on  account  of  the 
Public,  was  uheu,  after  the  proeeedin,i:>  <d'  the  lii'st  ("un- 
dress were  known,  he  foresaw  the  imminent  danii'er  to  wliich 
this  Constiruliou  was  e.\po>ed  ;  but  he  was  completi  Iv 
miserable  when,  not  lon.u'  id'ter,  he  saw  it  totally  over- 
turned. 

'I'lu' situation  of  a  man  who,  in  siM'h  a  dilemma,  wishes 
to  do  right,  is  trying' and  dillicult.  In  following  the  nm^ 
titude,  he  was  sure  of  i»opular  applause  ;  this  is  alwa\.-, 
pleasing  :  and  it  is  too  dearly  bought  (uily  when  a  man 
g'ives  up  for  it  the  approbation  of  his  own  c(aiscience.  lie 
lore>aw,  in  its  fullest  force,  thai  toia'ent  of  reproach,  in>nli, 


N.\I!I!AII\  K.  !  I 

mimI  iiijiiry  wliirli  lir  'vas  sure  to  draw  dnwii  on  Inmscll',  and 
lii^  laiiiily,  \,y  u  ('(Kiirary  (•(aidiict  ;  nor  docs  hv  \vi>li  to 
(iiaiy,  that,  for  muhi'  linic,  those  ovcfawcd  and  slaii'n'cri'o 
Jiiiii.  For  liiiMS(.|r  lie  fell  l,ul  litll,.  ;  l,iit  lie  liad  citia'r  loo 
imicli  or  too  little  of  ihe  man  ahoiit  liim,  to  l)eai'  the  seeiiii;' 
•iC  Ills  neare.-t  and  deaivst  relatives  disgraced  and  ruined. 
or  Ihi' jioinis   in  dehale   lietueen  the  parent-sliite  and   his 

"•'•'^i'  !■ iii'y.  he  pivte.  (led  not  to  lie  a  eonijietiiil  Jiidu'i'  . 

'hey    wcrr    .-tiuiionsly    so   pn/zled   and    perplcvrd.    that    he 
eonid  I'l'n.e  to  no  oiher  eonehislon,  than    t  lai,  however  real 
or.uTeiit  the  urievanees  ot  the  Anierieans  nua/it  he,  rehellion 
was  not    the  -.vay   to  redress  them.     Jt  !C(|nired  m  nvover 
lait  little  skill  to  i;no\v,  that    rebellion   is   the   (oidi'st  of  all 
oi'iiiM's  ;  iind  that  what  was  l)(>c>-un  in  "■'■•!•■('(' ness  must  end 
in  ruin.     Willi  this  coiivietioii  strong;' upon  his  mind,  he  re- 
solved,   that    there   was    no  diUiciilly,    ilan,u-er,    or   distress, 
wliieh,  a'-  an  honest  man,  he  (miu'Iii  not    to  tinderno.  rather 
than  see  his  eoimtry  thus  diso-raeed  and   imdom'.      In  spiio 
therefoi'e   of  iiieiipaeity,  in   s])ite    of  disinelinafion — nay.  in 
spite  even  of  eoneern   for  his  ramily--\viih  the  most  ardent 
love   for   his   eonniry,  and   the    warmest    aliaehimni  to  his 
coiintrymeii,  he  resolved    lo  do   anytiiin.i;',  and   to   he  any- 
tliini;',  not    ineonsistmi    with    inteuriiy — to  lij^ht.  to  hlec  d. 
to  die,— rather  than  live  to  sro  the  venerai.le  ('onstitniioii 
of  his  eonntry   toiady  lost,  and    hi-   eonntrymen   endaved. 
AVhat  the  eonse(|iienees  of  this  resohiiion   have  been,  if   is 
llie  intention  nf  the  followiiii;'  pa^es  to  de.serihe. 

'I'he  faeis  now   to    he   related    have   many  of  thein  heen 
oeeasiomiHy  piilili>lied   in  l;;e   .Xm   Vurk  papers,  Imt  in  a 


■„rf' 


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i 


12 


.VAIil!.\TI\  K. 


Mill.'  SO  nil, lil;, ted    ;ui,|   iiiiiMTlrcl,  as    imUkt   Id   cxcitf  ll.ii:> 
uTiitily  ciiriosiiv.     Thcv  mv   Unv  liroiiglit    top. t her  immIci- 
out'  view,  ill  a  coiiiicftcd  nari'iitivi;  ;  iniil  set   down  Just   us 
tlicy  liapiH'iicd.     It  is  no;  |Hvt,.ndcd  that  all  his  auvciitnir.s 
'"■'■  '"■'■'■  '•t'l'H<''l,  or  tliai   all   ihc  (.•iiriinistaiUTs  of  those  rc- 
l'i'i'<l  iiiv  fullv  ,.|,iiiii,.rali'd.      It  would  Ir  iiniiolilir  and  daii- 
jiVHMs  for  hiiii  to.  ivconnt,  at  lar-c,  all    his    vari(ais  slrala- 
.U'cins  ;  it  wonid  \w  liarhar  .iis  and  ba-c.  to  di\  nl-'o  all  tiai 
iiK'inisliy  which    he   has   soincliincs  ctri'dcd   his  almost  ini- 
liu-iiloii^  L'sfa)H's.      IJni    wciv   il    ulhcnvisc,  notliin-'  can    l.r 
l':ii-lhi'i'  fi'diii  his  aim,  ihan    to   maki'   a    iiompoiis  disiilay  of 
any  siii)jioscd  ninit  of  his    own.     As  to  thi'   truth    of  his 
I'l'iiK'ipal  facl>,  he  ajipcals  to  vimdry  (TrtiUcatcs  and  allida- 
vits  11, iw  in  his  iiosscs>ioii  :   nay,  he  fart  her  appeals  to  every 
•  ■llieer   of  every   rank    who   has   either   lately   served,  or  is 
still  servinn-,  in  Aiiieriea.      Vei,  after  all.  from  llie  iiatnreof 
theca<e.  the  ,.|-edit  oi    some    parls  of  ihis   Narrative  iniisl; 
rest  updii  his  own  anthoriiy.  whifli,  lie   believes,  will  not  l,(. 

M"''-^'i' 'I  I'.v  Ihose  who  are  ae«|iiainted  with  his  eharaeler. 

Of  ihe  Irne  eaiises  that  .u'ave  l.irlh  U>  tiii.  unhappy  (|nar- 
rel,  Mr.  Moody  is  iinwiliinu'  to  u'ive  any  opinion.  He  i>  m, 
politician  ;  and,  therefore,  l)y  no  means  (iiialilied  to  iTcon- 
nle  ihe  eontradiet.a'v  asserliims  and  arn'miieiits  of  the  ('(mi- 
icndiii-  parties.  This  .aily.  as  an  indiviiliial  of  tiiat  il- 
.scription  of  people  of  whom  the  Liivatesi  pari  (d' every  eom- 
miinity  must  consist,  he  thinks  ii  incnmlieiil  on  him  to  de- 
cliife,  ihutil  did  iK.t  oriuinale  with  the  jirop/ad-  America, 
pntperly  s.>  called.  They  fell  no  ival  grievances,  and  there- 
fore c.mld  have   no   ihiliieenieiit    to  risk   siilj-iantial  advan- 


■I 


n.m;i!.\iivk, 


'thcr  iiimIci; 
wii  jiisl  iis 
auvciiliii't  s 

if    lllUSC    I'L'- 

if  anil  ilaii- 
lais  >lrala- 
lilMj  all   tiK' 

almost  iiii- 
iig'  can    lir 

(li>{ilay  ul' 

Mill     (if    ili^ 

uiil  alllila- 
Is  to  I'Vcrv 
rvcd,  Of  is 
(■  iialm'c  of 
ativc  iiiiist 

kVill  Mill    jjc 

cliaracli'i-. 

ipliy  qiiar- 

Hc  i>  no 

to  I'croii- 

'f  lliL'  ('(in- 
llial    il- 

■ViTV  foMI- 

ini   III  ilc- 

Anici'ica, 

unci  tliL'i'f- 

al  iidvau- 


'au-i'>  ill  tlic  jiiuMiii  of  siK-li  as  were  onlv  iniiiLiinarv.  In 
niakiin:- this  tlrclaration.  Iir  is  fonliilcnt  lie  s)ii'ak>  ilic  sciiti- 
iiii'iils  of  a  i'.i'ral  majuriiv  of  thr  )ira>aiitrv  of  America. 
l>iit,  in  every  eoimiry  llieir  are  nmliiimlo  uho.  ujiji  liiili 
|>ro|'eriy,  ami  |ierlia|is  >tili  los  prineiiile,  arc  aUvavs  ilis- 
Jio-eil,  iiml  always  eaacr  fur  a  cliaimv.  Siicli  |.ci-M.ns  uiv 
easily  uroiiiiht  ii|ioii,  ;inil  easily  iierMiaileil  to  enlist  under 
tlie  lianiiersor  |iivienilcil  )iairiois  and  roi'uanl  ileia;i-oo-iie,- ,• 
of  whom  also  evri-y  coimlry  is  sutUcieiilly  iiroljlic. 

Ill  America,  llirsc  |,o|iiilar  leader-  had  a  set  of  men  to 
a-.si>T  them,  wiio  iiiherilcd,  IVom  iheir  aiice-tors.  the  most 
i'|"|led  di-like  ;ii:d  aiiii|iailiy  lo  t  iic  con>i  ill)!  ion  of  the  pa  rent- 
slate  :   and,    hy   mean>    of  //nir   rriendiy   co-i.iiei-a:ioii,  tlicy 

were  alilo  to  throw  tlie  whole  I tiiicni  into  n  fi'mhiii  in  the 

year  1774,  and  maddened  alniovi  evciw  part  of  tlie  coimtrv 
with  .{.■<:iiiruiiM,i,s,  ('(,i}ii)ii.//fi's,  and  /uLfr/ii-i;„/ps.,  and  all  t  he 
I'l'ciiininary  appar.iiiis  iiecessar\  Ion  h'rm/t.  Tiic  ovncnd 
cry  was.  Jooi  <>/■  ilic !  Mr,  .Moony  relished  nciihcr  of  the.M- 
altcrnaiivcs,  and  liierefore  n  inaincd  mi  his  l-irm  a  silent, 
'Mil  iiMi  tmcoucerneii,  ,<pecialor  of  the  hhick  cloud  that  had 
Jiccn  e'athcriim',  and  v,a-  now  ready  |<,  Imrsi  on  his  devoted 
'"-'•'"'•  ''  ^^■'■■^  ill  *;dii  thai  he  took  every  po>sili|e  piveaii- 
fioll,  C^lnsi^tenl  with  a  nood  con>cienre,  mil  to  u-ive  oirmre. 
Some  iiifatiiafcd  a<Miciation-  were  wvy  mar  cond.unimi'  him 
'•"  ''i''  killer  o(  these  altcrnaiivcs,  only  h  eaii>r  nciihcr  his 
jnd-nient.  n^r  liis  coiiH'ience.  wonid  ^iill'er  him  'o  .adopt  ih,. 
lormcr.  lie  wa- iirrpeinally  iiara.wed  liy  I  iioe  Cnnimiilces; 
and  a  party  emplow'd  l,y  ijirni  once  acliiail\  a>siiillid  his 
pei>on,  havino-  fiisi  lionri.-hcd  tlioir  tonuiJtaiilis  over  his  iiead 


I 


u 


NAItKATIVK. 


ill  'I  ii'".-l  iiisiiliiiiu'  iiiaiincr.     Findiin.' il  iinpnsMliI,.  ..iil,,.,-  M 
(■Olivine,,  ilii's,.  iis.-(.ci;itnrs,  or  t(.  he  <',.iiviii,T(l  l.y  tliriii,  niiy 

loii-tT  stiiy  till n-  thcin  \VMsiiscics>  ;   Mini  mii  Mltciiijit  niiidc 

ii|)uii  liini  su,Mi   iilicr,  iviidci-cd    it    iiiipixsihl,.      On  Siiii.l.-iy 
2Stli  .Nfiuch  1777,  uliilclic  wns  walkino'  in  his  gnuuKls  wiih 

'''"  "•''-' "■  -^I'    Iliitrhi'son,  lie  saw  u  niinilKT  of  iirniiMl 

""'"  'iii'i'i'liiiiu-  Inuanls  lii.  j sc.     If,.  p,Mii,i  jiavc  no  doiilil 

"i' ''it'ii' iiili'iilion  ;  iind  (.lulcavoiiivd  tn  avoid  tlicin.  Thf\ 
liivd  I  lure  diircrent  shots  at,  him,  l)iit  happily  missed  him, 
inid  lie  esenped.  From  tliis  time,  liiereloiv,  lie  son-lit  the 
Oiiflk'.st  opportniiity  to  take  slicller  heliiiid  the  British  linos; 
and  set  onl  lor  tliis  pnrpuse  in  April  1777.  Soveiity-three 
"fliis  neijihl.onrs,  ail  honest  men,  ofthe  fairest,  and  n'lost  re- 
spectable eliaracters,  iuvompanied  him  in  this  retreat.  The 
iiKiivh  was  Ion-  and  dan-erons.  They  weiv  rcpeatedlv 
iinnuyed  and  assaulted  ;  and  once  il,ey  were  under  ilie  ne- 
cessity ofeomiiiu'  to  an  en-au'emeni  with  a  rebel  parly  con- 
siderably superior  in  number.  .Men,  ciivnmstaiicea  as  ho 
and  his  IViiiids  weiv,  could  want  no  ar-iimeiils  to  animate 
llii'ii'cxi'rtioiis.  The  allack  was  sharp,  but  the  I.oyalists 
were  successful  ;  ti,e  enemy  o'ave  uay,  leaving  tlieiii  at 
liliorty  to  jmrsue  thi'lr  route  miniolested.  The  whole  eoni- 
jiaiiy,  l(Hir  only  e.\cepted,  arrived  sale  at  IJeroen,  where 
tiicy  joined  I.ieiilenaiit-eohHiel  15;irlon's  (,)  liattalioii,  in 
(uMieral  Skinner's  l)rio-,.,de.*  a  low,  wli,,se  proies>ioiis  were, 
'•aicnhitod  toreiidcniinn  useful  in  that  department,  Joined 
liie  engineers. 


*\'iil''  lii'Ml'lill  >;|vi||Mcl-'s  Crrlilicill,'. 


VAiil!Ari\  K. 


1.") 


lie  cillit'l'  Id 
y  tliriii,  iiiiy 
trinpt  iiiiidc 

On  Sunday 
I'oiinils  with 
r  of  arniiMl 
.'('  no  (liMilii 
icni.  Tlii'\ 
niissod  liiiii, 

sollullt  the 
ritisli  lint's; 
vcnty-tln'cc 
nd  most  rc- 
rcat.     'Plu- 

!■(  jicaU'dly 
idcr  the  nc- 

liiU'ly  coii- 
icvd  as  he 
to  auinnite 
'  Loyalists 
;■  llicin  al 
ivJKilc  ctun- 
.u'cn,  wlicro 
dtaiioii,  ill 
s>ions  wei'c. 
lent,  iniiicd 


In  .liihc  foljowiiio-,  Mr.    M \y  .,,,,\  y[^.    //,,/,/,,,,,,„    , ,,) 

Weill  |iriialeiy,  alioiil  "0  miles  into  the  eoiinlry,  to  (•nli>l  the 
IVirnds  or(ioveniiii,.|it.      They  enlisted  ninvnrds  of  oOO  men 

Tnc  liriiish  army,  thru  at    Mnniswiek,  was  oxpi^eted  ini 

diately  to  niareii  tlimn-h  \c\v  Jersey.  Mr.  .M,„,(ly  imd 
iiis  IVieiids  had  tlieir  a^i-eiits  jiroperly  phieed,  in  u-ivo  lliem 
the  earliest  inronnaduii  m|'  Hie  afiiiy's  niovin-  ;  when  their 
I'lan  was.  to  disarm  the  disalleet(d.  and  j-vnerally  arm  the 
f"'X'''-      '''■'    >li''   Header   liicn  Jiidue  of  their  iii<,rtillea1ion, 

when,  uhilst  their  a.liier.nts  were  l,i-li  in  .sjiirils,  and  ( Ii- 

driit  of  tlieir  aliility,  at  •  lilow,  as  ii  were,  to  liavc  ernsli- 

ed  the  {{elxllinii  in  Xew  Jersey,  tliey  were  iiifonned,  that 
<ifnenil  II. .we  (,)  had  evaenaled  tlie  pi'ovinee,  and  was 
.u-one  to  Hie  .MHilhward.*  Notwitlislaniiin-  (his  di,<eouranv- 
incnt,  .Mr.  .Mo.idy  and  his  party  ..till  coMtinued  in  tiie  conn- 
try  a  u'reea  I  )ly  lo  their  instructions,  in  the  hojio  tliat  some 
'ri'"i'liiiiily  would  still  present  it>elf  to  annoy  the  rel.ellioiis, 
andtoas>ist  tlie  luynl,  ISm  n,,  micIi  ..ppnrtnniiy  omTinu- 
immediately,  they  soon  received  orders  to  jnin  the  army  witli 
I  he  men  they  hail  enlisted,  or  eoidd  enlist. 

In  con.se(|iieiice  of  tiie.se   iiisi iiietn.ns,  they  .set  forwards 

Willi  al)oi,t  1(1(1  [.oyjihsls  (ii,,|  re  than  that  miml.er,  fi'om 

the  change  of  la'o.siHrts.  were  ti,,.,,  (,,  i,,.  prevailed  upon  to 
leave  their  own  eouiiirv  ;  or.  if  it  had  been  otlierwi.se,  the 
lime  was  too  .scaiily,  bciiio'  not  more  than  4S  lioiir.s,  lo  e,.l- 
Kct  them  toHcther,  wliich.  it  miisi  lie  ohvious,  was  to  lie 
done  only  uilhgTeat  caution  and  ,m  crrey),  ,mi  a  inarch  <,{  ui,- 

"IliN  uii-    ,  «fr.  ./,,.>*,' rlirsMii^'iik  f\li(Mlili(,n  l<ihvtinii  llu  l.„:iiin^lsa,iil 
In  mm  /;»r^'e;V„,     , Th,.  w.M.I.-.  in  iuilic  W.Tc' ;i,l,lr,l  l,_^  (iio  UUllH.r.-Kl,, ) 


^  1 


v] 

II 


■I 


Il' 


Ifi 


NAIili.\rl\  K. 


I 


t  I 

lit     I 


\v;ii'(U  (if  TO  miles,  tlirniiuli  II  well  iiilmliitrd  |),'iri  nf  ilic  ))ri>- 
viiicc.  Tln'  I'cljcis  |)iii'^iic(l  llicin  ;  mid,  iiltcr  scvrnil  skiriii- 
islics,  Ml  Icnjitli  cjiiiK'  upon  tlicin  in  Midi  Inrcc,  iiciir  IVrlli- 
Aiiilioy,  tliiit  tiicv  wci'c  (ililiticii  to  iiivc  u;iy  mid  dis])crs('. 
More  tlimi  sixty  oi'  tlio  |iiirty  were  tnlvcii  iirisnncrs  ;  ciglit 
<iiiiy,  licsidcs  Mr.  Moody,  ^-ot  witliiii  ll.c  I>i'iti>li  lines. 
Tliese  prisoners,  iii'ler  lieinji'  (•onlined  in  .Moni-inwii  jail, 
were  tried  lor  wiuit  was  cidied  /li^/i  /rcasoii ;  (a)  and  idiovo 
one  liair  of  tlieni  \v;'re  sentenced  to  die.  Two,  whose  ii.inics 
\\ere  ///'//'  and  MiT.  were  aeliially  e.<rcnteil  ;  llie  rest  iiav- 
iiiii'  lieeii  reprieved  on  eoiiditioii  <if'  llieii'  seiviiiLi'  in  tlie  reliol 
army.  Tlie  love  of  lile  prevailed.  They  eiilisted  ;  Init  so 
>lroii,!i'  was  tlieir  love  of  loyally  at  the  same  lime,  that,  three 
or  four  e.xeepted.  who  died  iiiidei'  the  hands  of  ilieir  captors, 
they  all,  very  soon  after,  made  their  escape  to  the  JJi'itisli 
army. 

On  coinparinii'  the  nnmlters  who  had  (Irst  sot  out  with 
iiim,  with  those  who,  after  lieiiii;'  taken,  had  returned  to 
him,  Mr.  ]Moody  found,  that,  on  the  alarm,  some  had  es- 
caped ;  mid  some  also,  who  had  lieen  taken  and  lelea-ed, 
Ijciiiii'  still  mi>siim',  he  concluded  that  li.ey  had  uone  iiack  to 
their  resiieclive  homes.     This  indnced   hi,.i   to   relnrii,  w  iili- 

.\.      \Vil>  hut  lllc  I;, kill.'  ;;llll~  llLTilill^t  tllr  Kll.u,  11!  I'list  ;1<  lli'ill  'I'iimm  II 

IIS  till' li.nliiiii.LT  iiuiiiii-l  ilM'ir  new  liiiiiu'ii  ^(•i^  c  iculril  >ni;i>>  y  \r\ 
ciiir  (ii'iHTMl*  snffii'i'il  till -(■  Kxcciitieiis  ul'  llir  LiiyiilisU  to  i.-n  mi  : 
willmul  I'M'i-  nll.'iui'lilii;  i"  |iiit  ii  .-|n|i  In  llicui  l.y  tliriMtc  liili;;'  lii 
llctillilCi'.  Il:l.\  lllc\  \\  iMllil  iHil  iiiTlllit  tin:  As-iM'lMt^il  l.(iyali.-N  In 
'■■AM-  tli'ir  I'lirii  !>.  I'V  lliriMti'iiiiii;  lo  Kxiciili'  any  nl'  iIhim'  |;iIii1<, 
niiDiii  tlirsi'  I,  lya'i-N  lia  I  lakrii  |iii--iiiiri~.  ami  wl.nin  tliry  llii'ii 
lulil  ill  thiar  cwii  I'ii.|imI\  . 


,,**' 


N.U!i!ATt\  r:. 


IT 


"lit    ilrliiy.  ill!,,    tlic   ciillilrv  ;    illhl  lie  ciilili'  liMck    with    nin,.- 

''■'• '■'!•      <'"iiviiir.'<l  (liiit  tlicir  wiTo  <till   iinniy  inure,  nu 

"'"""    .-"'"'    :i'l\i'-<'    Mild  ii  u- I  ('.\;iiii|il(' iMiiilii    hiivc  tlicir 

lii-n|.(T  iiifliii.iicc.  ho  iiji'iiiii  unit  ,Mil,  niid  hruiiuht  liMck  with 
liiiii  f'H'ty  twii  yiMiiiM' iiicii,  ;is  fine  solduTs  as  mv  in  the 
world  ;    „„ii,.   ,,r  whom    liiid    liiif  Jnsi    cM-i\]w\    fniin  JMil>, 

uhcrc  they  hiKJ  liccn  ('(Mili I   lor  their  hiyiilty.      All  these 

hr  iviis  iiii|i|iy  eiiDiioh  i,,  cmdnct  safe  to  tiie  Kiiiu's  ariny. 
l-'ioiii  ; his  time,  lie  (•oiitiiiiieil  with  his  lialtidioii  till  ITTS. 
liiivinu'  just  lielore  I.eeii  niiide  iin  Kiisiu'ii. 

Ill   the  liep^iiiniiiu' ,,r  May  ITTS,  he  was  auaiii  sent   int<r 
the  intei'ior  parts  of  the   Itehel   country,  with  onhTs  to  iv- 
iiiiiiii  there  as   loii.tf  as   he  eonid,  to   render  such  service   lu 
(Joveriinieiit,  and  its  friends,  as   he   should  liave  an  oppur 
tiiiiity    lor  ;  and   more   especially,  to  ,,l)taiii  precise   inirlli- 
,iiviic(   from  Colonel  /J„/in;  then  supposed  to  l,c  at  Xia^'ara. 
lie  eiiipioycd  a  triiMy   |,,,yali-.|    to   u,,    ,,„t    (,,   (',,|,,iic|   IJut- 
Kt,  (,)  ui,o  ,ell  in  with  him  Let  ween  M.-i-ara  and  Wvomiii-'. 
iiiitl  was  with  him  at  the  reduction  o|    ii,is    hi^t    m.mtioned 
lortre>s;and     allcrwards,    aluuu-     wiih     another     ol     Mr. 
MoodyV   men,  (uho,  liaviiio' Irvii  driven   IVom   him,  in   the 
•  li>astcrjn>i   ivlat.'d,  had  -o,,,.  l,aek,ami  staid  witii  ("olonel 
Hiiller,  all  the  winter,  a-^   lim   only  place  of  safely  he  ••.mid 
find),  he    retnrneil   wiili    tlie   necessary    inrorinalion.s  ;   with 
>\liieli  they  all  wei.l   hack    and    reported  them  at  liead-qiiar- 
ler.v  ^  In    this    interval,    Mr.    .M(„Hly    took    pris.,i,er   a    Mr. 
Martin,  chief  Commissioner  in   that  districr,  for  the  .sellin- 
of  conlis'ated  estates,  a   man  remarkable   for  his  .spite  and 
'•I'lielty  to  (he  Friend,-^  of  Ciuvernmcni,     It  was  verv  niorti- 


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I'viiiu'  III  .Mr,  MimkIv  111  hiivo  iliis  man  rcxMicil  tVom  liim  hy 
ii  liiriif"  lioily  III'  tlic  Miliiiii,  uf'tcr  liavinu-  lunl  liiiii  in  liis 
(•ii>t(Mly  alidut  t'orly-ciulit  lioni'.-.  I>nt  he  rcliitcs  with  |p|fii- 
snn-,  tlmt  tlic  incident  had  a  iiiiud  circct  on  tliis  Iniinns  op- 
pn's>i(ii',  inasnnicii  as  liis  lichiividiir  tu  liis  loyal  ncigidioin'.s 
was  ever  arici'  mncli  niorc  mild  ami  Inimani". 

On  tlic  lOlli  (if  ,Innc  IITK,  an  opjiditunity  of  rcndcrinu' 
sonu;  sci'vici'  to  iiis  conntry  now  ulVcrinj-',  liavini:'  iirst  rc- 
(|iU'sli'd  Mr.  llnlclH'>on  and  six  moii,  and  some  i^iiidcs,  to  he 
of  the  jiarly,  lie  marclicd,  willi  sixteen  of  liis  own  mm,  IVuni 
Sandy  Hook  to  .Slirewsliury.  Tliey  eluded  the  viuilanee  of 
a  Hebel  (liiard,  and  girined  a  place  called  The  luilh.  Hero 
tliey  surprised  and  took  prisoners,  one  Colonel,  one  Tjieutei:- 
ant  Colonel,  one  Major,  and  two  Cajit-ains,  with  several 
other  prisoners  of  inferior  hole  ;  and  without  injurinji' any 
privati'  property,  destroyed  a  considerable  mauaziue  of 
jiowder  and  arms.  \\"\\\\  these  prisoners,  and  such  puMic 
stores  as  they  were  al)le  to  iirinj;'  oil',  Mr.  lliitclieson  was 
cliari;ed,  whilst  Mr.  Moody  hronu'ht  up  tlie  I'ear,  wilii  his 
si.vtcen  men,  lo  defend  them.  They  were,  as  they  had  e.\- 
poctod,  soon  pursued  by  doul)le  their  niuiilicr,  and  overtaken. 
Mr.  Moody  kept  up  a  smart  lire  on  his  assailants,  checking 
and  retardinu'  lli -m,  till  Mr.  Ilnlcheson,  with  their  booty, 
imd  yot  a  head  to  a  coiisidei'alilc  distance.  Ife  then  al.so 
advanced,  nndving  for  the  lu'xt  advanta.urous  station  ;  and 
thus  proceeded,  from  one  j^ood  spot  to  another,  still  cover- 
ing' the  prismiers,  till  tiiey  iiart  j>-aiiipd  a  situation  on  the 
shore  at  Black  Point,  where  the  enemy  coidd  not  Hank 
them,     lint,  ju>t  at  this  time,  the  pursuers  were  vcinforcid 


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'^"''  ''"  ""'II  :  ^"  I'l^ii  tlicy  were  iiuu  foiiy  stroiiu'.  Air. 
Hiitclirsoii,  will,  ,,iic  niaii,  crossed   tlie  inlet,  Li'liiiMl  wiiicli 

Iti'  Imd  taken  shelter,  iind  ci l,,  Mr.  .Moody's  assislniiee  ; 

'•""i  now  a  warm  eiin>a,n(Miieiit  ensued,  tluit  la.ste<l  lor  three' 
<|i'in'teis  of  an  h,.in-.  By  this  time  all  their  amnmnition, 
"I'loi'iiliiiv:  to  u|.wards  of  eiu-Jity  rounds  of  earfridurs,  was 

•••vp-'iided  ;  and  ten  men  only,  three  of  wl were   w.mnd- 

<■<!,  were  in  any  eapaeity  to  folh)W  their  leader  to  tlieeharue. 
The  Ijayonet  was  their  only  res(,nree  ;  l.nt  tliis  the  enemy 
<'oiiid  m.t  withstand  :  th,.y  (le.Ueavinu' eh^ve.,  of  their  num- 
Iht  killed  or  w,)uiided.  rnfortiiiiately,  .Mr.  .Moody's  .small, 
Itiit  .siallant  party  cmld   not    fo||,,w  up  th<>ir  l.low;  hrii.-,' 

'"""""""•'■.  "I '<'''^-<'xliMiisied   In    ^.  inirasMMl'maren' 

ill  "vatlier  intensely  hoi.  They  lonud  the  Itebel  Captain 
_'!'''"'•    'Ill''    'li''ii'     I'ii'iitenanl  also   e.xpirin-    on    the    Held. 

''''"''■'■  "■"■'^■■^ "'fliiii.U-  IK'eiiiiarly  slex-kin,-  and   awful  in  the 

"ii-ilii  of  the  former.  He  was  shot  hy  .Mr.  Moody,  whilst 
with  the  most  bitter  oatlis  aial  tlirealsof  veii-eaia'e,  after 
ha  vino-  missed  onee,  he  was  auain  levelling'  his  i)ieee  at  him. 
Soon  after  the  eiiH-a-ement,  oneof  the  p,,|.|y  ,.anu'  forwards, 
with  an  handkd'chief  llyin--  from  a  stiek,  and  d.-niaiided  J 
parley.  His  siunal  was  returned,  si>nifyini.'  tlie  willinuness 
oftiie  Loyalists  to  treat  with  him  ;  ami  a  truee  was  speedi- 
ly asiTced  on  ;  the  eonditions  (d'  which  were,  Tinit  they 
sJM.uld  have  leave  to  take  eare  of  their  dead  and  wounded'; 
whilst  Mr.  Moody's  party  was  permitted,  unmole.-ted,  hi 
'•'■"'i-i'  '•>  'li''  I'-nlish  lilies.  Happily  mm.,  of  the  w.au'ids. 
Which  any  of  his  men  r.ceived  in  this  e.xpeditl.ai,  proved 
mortal.     Tlie  publiek  stores  whicli  they  b|■ou^■ht  uwav  with 


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lliciii,  Ix'sidrs  tlmsc  wliirli  ilicv  liad  ilcst  loycil,  sniil  tor 
ii|i\viiiils  of  live  liiiiiili'cd  iii'iiiide;  stnliiin'  ;  u\\i\  cvcrv 
.■■■liillilli;'  (if  lids  inniicy  wiis  o'ivcll  liy  Mr.  Mncdv  to  tlic 
III'  II,  lis  II  siiiiill  reward  Inr  llitdr  very  nicrituridiis  coii- 
di.ct.(.-,) 

Abiiiit  till'  iiiidilli' iif  tlic  Oclnlicr  riilliiuiiit;-,  Mr.  Mdodv 
wiis  iiiiiiiii  sent  into  tlic  interior  parts  oC  tiie  Rcixd 
Coiiiitry,  to  (jlitaiii  inleliiu'ence  respeetiiij;'  Waslii:i<i,'ton's 
army,  lie  succeeded  ;  and  ids  intcdiiuciici;  wa.s  coiii- 
nmnicated  to  (I'eneral  rattisnn.  AiiM in,  aliont  tlie  mid 
(ll(;  of  Novemlier,  lie  wns  desired  (o  limi  out  tlio  situa- 
tion and  circnm.staiices  ot  an  army  tinder  tlie  I'chcl 
Cieiiefai  Siiilivaii,  (,-,)  wliich  Inul  lately  liecn  on  an  e.\|ie- 
d  it  ion  to  the  Wesi  wind  an'ainst  the  Indians.  Accord in,i,^- 
ly,  lie  went  ei;4iity  miles  into  I'ennsylv.inia,  close  by 
Snliivan's  camp  ;  and  olitainecl  an  e.xact  account  of  tiie 
nnmlierof  men  and  horses  with  which  Ik;  went  out  from 
Kaston,  on  this  Iniliau  expedition;  and  tiiu  ntunheralso 
that  he  returned  witli. 

From  thence,  he  went  to  .Morris  County,  where  Wash- 
iiift-ton  then  l;iy  with  his  army.  And  iiere  he  iiad  tin; 
good  fortune  to  obtain,  from  their  own  books,  an  ac- 
count of  the  rations  which  w(  re  drawn  for  them,  lie 
next  went  t(.  I'limplon,  wliere  (Jeneral  (inles  (,)  then 
was,  on  his  inarcli  to  the  southward  ;  and  lieic  also  ho 
,e:aiiic'(l  the  (>xactesf  information,  not  only  of  the  amount 
of  the  foice  then  with  him,  hnt  of  the  nuinbers  that 
\v(>r(,'  expected  to  join  him.  .\nd  now,  havin--  prettv 
well  -dill'  throuL;'li  tiie,  Imsiiioss  enti  listed  to  him,  in;  re- 


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I'd,   <nl,l     for 
iind    every 
niilv  to  tlie 
Idi'iiiiis  ('(Ill- 
Mr    M.w.ilv 

tlie  lielu'l 
asliiiij^loh's 
•  WilH  eoiM- 
iil  the  mill 
It  tlio  siliiii- 

tlie  KeI.el 
;)ii  an  ('Xpe- 
A  ceo  I'd  ill  i;-- 
;i,  close  by 
oiint  of  tlie 
III  out  t'roin 
iDiiilier  also 

liero  Wasli 
lie  iiad  the 
iks,  an  ac- 
tllem.  lie 
OS  {:)  then 
nv  also  lie 
the  anionnt 
nibers  that 
iiii;-  pretty 
liini,  ]\()  re- 


tnriieil    I.I    New    York,    iiinl    ei.iitiniied    there    till    \u\\ 
yeiir. 

Ill  .M;iy  nsn,  he  lo,,|v  with  {,i,,i  |',,i,r  trusty  men,  and 
went  iiii<.  ih,.  |;,.|„'i  Cuiinlry,  with  the  ihteini.iii  of  sin- 
i'lisiiio'  (Mivcriior  Liviiio'.stoii,  (,)  a  mmi  who^i' eondiici 
liad  lii^ch,  ill  the  most  aljandoned  de-ree,  eiiiel  and  op 
pressive  litili,.  |(,y;i|  iiiiiiiiij fa iits  i .1'  N'i'w  .li  rsev.     Wlieii, 

\viili  all  necessary  secrecy.  Mr.  .\| ly  had    --ot    iii;o  his 

iniinediale  m  iulih(,ni  h.ied,  inlurmalioii  was  received, 
liiat  .Mr.  Liviii-sieii  uas  ^om;  to  Trenton  to  meet 
•  he  iissemlily  ;  and  that,  ,)n  his  return,  he  was  to  sw; 
some  persdns  on  Imsiness  at  an  appointed  place.  This 
Miade  it  necessary  lor  the  Knsi;.;ii  u,  alter  his  measures, 
as  he  did  immetliatcdy.  He  |ei|  jiis  party  into  Sus.se-.v 
CoiiMty,  and  there  lel't  them  ;  himseir  only  retirin;-'  to  a 
pi"p<'r  situation,  till  his  plan  should  l,e  ripe  Cor  e.vecii- 
tioii.  Mein-'  under  a  necessity  of  a-aiii  ret iiriiiim-  iiit(» 
Sussex,  l.efore  anything  could  lie  done,  hi!  had  the  nioi- 
tilication  to  Iind,  thalone  of  hisinen  had  inen  taken  pri- 
-oner  liy  u  1,'ehel  .Major  of  the  name  of  y/,;,/y«,  who  e.v 
lorted  a  confession  from  him  that  .M.iudy  was  in  the 
<;oiiiitry,  and,  as  he  iiiia.i^'ined,  in  i[iiest  of  .sonu;  person  of 
note,  who  lived  m.'ar  .Morris  Town.f.)  Tlii.s  blasted  the 
whole  project  ;  tlie  intellio-ence  was  instantly  sent  to 
l>iviii-ston,  who,  ton  justly,  eoiielinled  himself  to  be  the 
person  aimed  at  ;  and,  of  course,  took  excry  precaution 
to  prevent  a  siir|irise. 

Still,  however,  Mr.  Mo  nly  ll.ittered  himself  he  .should 
.vet  he  more  loiuinate,  and  do  someiiiinu',  not  withstand- 


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in.n'  ihc  :il:uiii  liiiit  wdM  iiDW  s|in'ii(l  tliidii^-li  tin'  (iiiiMtrv. 
The  first  plausible  tliiti;^'  llnit  (iffi'icd  wuh,  ii  jilaii  loliluw 
lip  tlic  nia;iii/iii<'  at  Siickasiiiuia,  alioiit  sixteen  miles 
baclv  (il'.MiiiTis  TowM  ;  lull  lliis  also  pinved  abortive  :  fur, 
iiotwitlislainlihu-  Ills  liaviii;:,'  prevaileil  on  smne  Mritisb 
prisniiers,  takoii  with  (Jeiieral  ]Jiir^'03ne,(iii)  to  juin  him 
ill  tli(!  enterprise,  tiie  alarm  wan  now  bccoiiu'  so  ti-eiicral, 
aiitl  tiie  terror  so  j:ieat,  thai  they  li;i(l  increaseil  tlicir 
guard  aromid  liiis  nnk,i;°a/,ine,  to  the  lunnber  nl'  an  linn- 
di'ed  and  upwards  ;  so  that  lie  was  under  the  necessity 
oi' abundoiiinji'  his  project. 

IJeturniiii;  a,i:'ain  into  Sussex  County,  he  now  heanl 
that  scncial  prisoners  were  conlined,  on  various  suspic- 
ions and  char;^i's  ol'  loyally,  in  the  jail  oi'  that  county  ; 
and  that  one  of  them  was  actinilly  under  scnh-iice  of 
death.  This  poor  fellow  was  one  of  Mur;;'oyne's  soldiers, 
charjicil  with  criiin-s  of  a  civil  nature,  of  which,  how- 
ever, in'  was  ju'enerally  believid  to  he  innocent.  But 
when  a  clcru'vuian  of  the  Clinrch  ol  Kiiu'land  interposed 
with  his  unrelenlin,!;'  proseculor,  and  warmly  iir}j,'(;d  this 
jilea  of  innocence,  he  was  slnirply  lold,  that,  tinni^-li  he 
niiglil  not  pcriiaps  deserve  to  die  lor  the  criin(!  for  whicli 
lie  hail  been  commilted,  there  coiiM  lie  no  iloubt  of  his 
dcservinn-  to  die,  as  an  (iieiny  to  America.  'I'here  was 
soinethiii;^''  so  piteous,  as  well  as  shameful,  in  the  case 
of  this  ill-filled  victim  1o  republican  resentment,  th.'it  it 
was  determined  if  |inssible,  to  release  both  him  and  his 
fello\v-pii>oii('rs,  j-'or  this  jnnpose,  Mr.  Momly  took 
with  him  six  men.  and,  late  at  ni,uht  entered  ih'    cuiiirv 


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town  .-iliniit  si'vnity  inilrt,  (roin  .Vcw  York.  Tlir  iiihalii- 
timts  of  (lie  Idwii  wcif  I. Ill  Ion  uciicriiHv  clisfilVcctfil, 
This  sn<;';;cstc(l  till-  iim'SNitv  <it'Hlialii.u-<  III.  Ciimiii;,^  ti> 
flu'Jail,  tlio  kci'pcr  call. 'd  Out  lumi  flic  wimluw  of  an 
ii[t|ii'r  lootii,  and  (icniamlcil  wliat  tlirir  luisincss  was? 
The  hnsi-n  ininicdiiitcly  rcpJifM],  "  ilc  Innl  a  prisdiicr  to 
d(  liver  into  liis  custody."  "  What  !  One  of  Mimdifs 
r-llows?"  said  fliL-  Jailor.  "  Yfs,''  said  llic  Kiisiu'i, 
On  Ills  (■ii(|iiirin>;'  what  llic  name  of  this  snpposcd  pri- 
soner was,  one  of  the  parly,  who  was   well   known,  l.y 

liie   ihhahilants   of  that    place,  to   he   with   Mr.  M ly, 

personated  tlie  character  of  a  prismier,  ami  spoke  f.r 
liiiiisclf.  The  .jailor  u'ave  him  a  little  ill  lan-'iia-v  ;  hut, 
iiolwiilistandiiii'',  sei'ined  hi,uiily  pleaseil  willi  the  iiloa  of 
his  havinn-  so  notorious  ii  Tory  in   his  custody.     On  the 

Knsio-ii's  nrn'in.u'  him  to  coiin'  down,  1  lake  char.ne  of 

the  man,  he  peremtorily  refused  ;  alle-'iii,-',  that,  in  con- 
seqiienco  of  Moody's  Ihmii--  out,  he  had  received  strict 
ordern  to  open  his  doors  to  no  man  after  sim-set  ;  and 
that  therefore  lie  must  w.ait  till  inornin--.  Kindin,;;-  that, 
this  talo  would  not  take,  the  Knsio^n  now  chan.a'ed  his 
note  :  and,  in  a  stern  tone,  told  him,  "Sirrah,  the  man 
who  now  speaks  to  you  is  Moody  ;  I  have  a  strong  parly 
witli  me;  ami  ifyoii  do  not  this  momenl  deliver  np  your 
keys,  I  will  in>tantly  ptiil  down  your  house  about  your 
ears."  Tlie  Jailor  vaiiisheil  in  a  moment.  On  this,  Mr. 
Moody's  men,  wlio  were  well  skilled  in  the  Indian  war- 
whoop,  made  the  air  resound  with  such  a  variety  of 
hideous  yells,  as  soon  left  ilicm  nolliin.t;'  to  feai   from  tlie 


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iiilial)itants  ni'  N'cw  Tnwn,  wliicli,  tlicniu-'n  llic  ('minty 
Iciwn,  ("(insists  only  nl'  twcnly  or  tliiity  linuscs.  "Tlu' 
Indians,  tlir  iniliiiiis  au;  cdini'  !" — said  the  paiiic-sti'iick 
l)('(i[il('  ;  aii<l  liapiiy  \V('i'(  tlicy  wlm  could  soolic^st  escape 
into  t'lc  wdods.  Wliilc  tlicNC  tilings  were  thus  s'oinjj: 
on,  llio  Ensign  iiad  made  his  way  thron^'ii  a  casement, 
and  was  nu't  hy  ;i  piisoner,  wiioin  he  inunediately  em- 
jiioyed  to  |ii(icnre  liiin  a  liii'iit.  'rin:  vanished  jaih)r  was 
now  a,i^'ain  produced  ;  and  most  ol)sei|uionsly  conducted 
Mr.  Moody  to  the  dunu<'i)H  of  tlie  iioor  wielcli  under  sen- 
teneo  of  (h.'alh. 

It  nniy  seem  incredibh\  but  it  is  an  \indouhted  fact, 
that,  notwithstanding'  all  the  hoirurs  and  awl'ulness  ot 
Ids  situation,  this  poor,  hu'loin,  ('(iiidtMnned  British  sol- 
dier was  found  fast  asleep  ;  and  had  slept  so  sound,  as 
to  iiave  heard  nothing  of  tii('  uproar  or  alarm.  There  is 
no  possibility  of  describing  the  agony  of  this  man, 
when,  on  being  thus  suddenly  ai'oused,  he  saw  before 
Inm  a  man  in  arms,  attended  by  persons,  whom,  thongli 
tiiey  wi're  fandliarly  known  to  him,  so  agitated  were 
his  spirits,  he  was  utterly  at  a  hjss  then  to  recognize. 
The  fii'st,  and  the  only  idea  that  occuired  to  him  was, 
that,  as  many  of  the  frieiids  of  (;o\-ermiien1  had  beiMi 
]iri\ately  executed  in  prison,  the  person  'pc  saw  was  his 
c.xecutionei'.  On  Mr.  Moody's  repeaiedl}'  infoiining  him 
of  ids  mistake,  and  that  lie  was  come  to  release  him  in 
the  name  of  hii)i>'  d'car^r,  the  tran>itioii,  from  smdi  an 
aliyss  of  wretchedness  t(_i  so  e.Mravagant  a  piteii  of  joy, 
had    well    niiiii   o\-ercome  him.     .N(.'\er   before    had   the 


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CiKSCllU'llI, 

iiitely  eiii- 
jiiilor  was 
fi  indue  tod 
iiinler  sen- 
Ill  itcd  ("act. 
vl'iiliiess  ot 
iiitish  sdl- 
)  siiuiid,  as 
Tlieix'  is 
this  man, 
iaw  before 
ni,  tluini;li 
tated  were 
recognize, 
liini  was, 
had  liei'ii 
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'ase  liiiii  in 
a  sneii  an 
tell  (if  j'ny, 
■e    iiad    thi' 


Writer  been  [»r(;sent  at  so  al^■■etill^•  a  scene.     Tlie  ima.^v 
of  the    jioor   soldi(>r,  alteinatcdy   a.!.;-itated    witli   the  ex- 
tremes of  despair  and   rii|itiire,  is,  at  this  moment,  pres- 
ent to  his  iniajj^iiiafinn,  as  strong' almost  as  if  the  object 
were  still  beba'e  him  ;   and   ho  has  often  thoiiglit,  there; 
ar(>  i'vw  subjects  on   whii;h  a  painter  of  taste  and  sensi- 
bility could  more  happily  employ  his  pencil.     The  man 
looked  wild  ;  and  undoubtedly  was  wild,  and  liardiv  in 
his  senses  :  and  yet  he  laboured,  and  was  big  with  some 
oi"  the  iioldest   .'-eiitiiiKMifs,  and   most  powerful   passions 
by  wliiiii  the   huiiian    mind    is  ever  actuated.      In  such 
ciri'umstaiices,  it  was  with  some  difliculty  that  llie  Hn- 
sigii  gol    him   away.     At  length,  however,  his  clothes 
were  gol  oil  ;  and   he,  with   all    the    rest   who  chose   to 
avail  tliemselves  of  tlie  o|iportimity,  were  conducted  into 
safety,  notwithstanding  a  warm  pursuit  of  several  davs. 
The   humane  reader,    3[r.    Moody   per.'^uades    liiiiiself, 
will  not   lie   less    airected    than    he    himself  was,  at   the 
mournful  secimd  of  this  poor  soldier's  tale.     In  the  course 
of  war  he  was  again  taken,  and  again  conducted  to  tlie 
dungeon  ;  and  afterwards  actually  executed  on  the  same 
sentence  on  which  he  had  been  beiore  convicted  ;  thnuuii 
he  left  the  world  wiili  the  most  solemn  asseverations  of 
his  im,oc(Miee,  as  to  any  crime  of  which  he  had  been  ac- 
cu.'^ed,  excepting  only  an  unshaken  allegiance  to  his  Sov- 
ereign. 

A  few  other  partiiaiiars  respecting  this  poor  man,  who, 
tlunigh  but  a  coiiinion  soIdi(>r  in  a  marching  regiment, 
was,  in  all  the  essential  and  best  parts  of  the  character, 


I  i  I' 


^i' 


I 


'M|i 


'? 


2('. 


NAIlllATIVK. 


;iii  lierii,  llic  Writer  iMiinot  cxcmsc  liiinst;ll'  fnnn  t\w  rc- 
hitidii  of.  His  siHiatii)iianii  cirouiMStaiicc's  in  tiie  Ri.'1»l'1 
Country  bcin.i;-  pccnliur,  Mr.  Mnody,  not  thinkinjr  it 
pioiHT  iiiniselCto  return  tliithcr  so  soon,  took  the  emii- 
cst  means  lie  eould  to  iiuve  him  convoyed  safe  to  Nc.'W 
York.  r>ut  no  ar-uments,  no  I'litreaties,  eould  prevail 
with  liim  to  leave  his  deliv(  rer.  "  To  you,"  said  he,  "  I 
owe  niv  lile'  :  U:.  yon,  and  in  your  service,  let  me  devote 
it.  Yon  have  found  me  in  cirenmstaiices  of  i.i^iiominy  : 
1  wish  for  an  opportunity  to  convince  yon,  that  you  have 
not  been  mistaken  in  thinkin-'  me  innocent.  1  am,  and 
yon  shall  lind  me,  a  ^-ood  soldier.."  It  was  to  this  fatal 
lint  lixed  determination,  that    lie   soon   after  owed   the 

loss  of  his  life. 

When  he  was  brought  to  the  phu(>  of  execution,  the 
persons,  who  had  charge  of  him,  told  him,  they  had  au- 
thority to  promise  him  a  reprieve^ ;  and  they  did  most 
solemnly  promise  it  to  him,  on  condition  only  that  he 
would  tell  then),  who  the  Loyalists  in  the  country  were 
that  had  assisted  Moody.  His  n'jily  was  mo.-,t  manly 
and  noble  :  and  proves,  that  real  nobility  and  di.naiity 
of  sentiment  are  appropriated  to  n.-,  particular  raidc  or 
condition  of  lih-.  "  1  l'>ve  life,"  he  said,  "  and  there  is 
nothing,'  which  a  man  of  honour  can  do,  that  I  wonld 
imtdo  to  .-ave  it;  but  I  cannot  jniy  this  price  for  it. 
The  men  yon  wisii  me  to  betray  must  lie  i^ood  men,  be- 
cause they  have  assisted  a  good  man  in  a  good  canse. 
lnnocent,'as  1  am,  I    feed    this   an    awfnl   moment:   how 


fir  it  becnnies  you  to  tempt    me  to 


make  it  terrible,  by 


\AI!I!.\I1V1;. 


27 


Dvcrnlicliniiiir  tnc  in  !iii'  bnscst  ,u:iiilt,  yuiirsflvofi  must, 
jiiilg'c.  ^^y  life  is  in  your  jxivvcr ;  my  consoiencc,  I 
thank  God,  is  still  my  own." 

Anotlior  exlraonlinnry  circumstance  is  said  to  liavo 
befallen  liini  ;  wliicli,  as  well  as  tlic  pieced  in,"',  Mr. 
^fiiody  relates  ou  the  testimony  ol  an  eyc-wilness  vet 
living-.  Thoiiuli  lu;  was  a  small  and  li-iit  man  ;  yet 
the  nipe,  with  whicli  ho  was  susiiended,  i>r()ke.  Even 
still  this  jKiur  man's  admiralile  presence  nf  mind  and 
dig-nity  of  cmisciuns  iniidcence,  did  imt  forsake  him. 
lie  instantly  addressed  liimself  lo  the  snrroundino-  mul- 
titude, in  the  Inllowin.u'  words:  "  (ientlcmen,  f  c-anndt 
but  iiepo  that  this  very  extraordinary  event  will  con- 
vince you,  of  what  I  a<;ain  solemnly  protest  to  yon,  that 
I  am  innocent  of  the  crime  for  which  you  have  adju<lged 
me  to  die."      \h\t  he  still  protested  in  vain. 

The  supposed  crinje  i'uv  which  la;  suffered  was,  the 
plunderiiiii-  and  robbin<;-  tiie  house  of  a  certain  furious 
and  powerful  IJebel.  But  it  would  be  unjust  to  iiis 
memory  not  to  certify,  as  Mr.  Moody  does,  that  he  has 
since  learned,  from  the  voluntary  confession  of  a  less 
conscientious  loyalist,  that  this  honest  man  was  charii-cd 
wron^iiTiilly  ;  imismiicli  as  he  himself,  without  the  know- 
ledge of  the  otlier,  on  the  principles  of  retaliation  and 
reveno'e,  luul  committed  the  crime.  The  name  of  the 
above-mentioned  honest  soldier  and  martyr,  was  JloHKnr 
M.AXWFLL,  a  Scotsman,  who  had  had  a  ^-ood  education. 

Not   long   after,  oblaining-  information  of  the  British 
army's   moving    towards   Spriii-lield,    Mr.    .Moody   con- 


if 


fH 


I 


^n 


?i: 


^< 


■ix 


NAHItATIVi:. 


chilled,  lliiit  \' '■  caiiii>iii;nn  was  npcii.  'riicic  ai.pcuvc.l 
iiM  way  ill  wliu-li,  willi  liis  ftinall  [laity  of  scvi-ii  uic'i,  In; 
foulil  be  mure  useful,  than  by  securing-  as  many  as  lie 
could  of  the  I'K'bel  Militia.  Acconlindy,  it  was  not 
long  before  he  eontiived  to  lake  prisoners,  a  Major,  a 
Captiiiii,  two  Lieutenants,  and  sundry  Coniiiiittee  Men  ; 
to  the  amount  of  ei-hteen,      Some  re([nested  to  be 


in  al 


ji 


paroUed  ;  and  the  Ensio-n  complied  with  tla'ir  reipiest  ; 
because  it  was  not  only  reasonable  and  humane,  imt. 
Iiecause  also  it  left  him  at  liberty  to  pursue  fresh  objects. 
Some  requested  to  take  the  oath  of  neutraliiy  ;  and  il 
was  not  less  williniily  administered  to  them. 

The  licbel  part  of  the  country  was  now  again  in  an 
alarm,  and  the  Ensign  was  again  pursued  and  fought, 
according  to  the  stnuig  expression  of  Scriiiture,  "as  a 
partridg-e  in  the  mountains."  l>iit  "  wandering  in  de- 
serts, and  in  mountains,  and  in  dens  and  eaves  of  th(> 
earth,"  by  the  blessing  of  God,  he  still  eluded  all  their 
researches.  At  length,  however,  being  under  a  neces 
sity  of  returning  to  New  Tork,  he  collected  a  few  more 
of  Hnigoync's  men  ;  and,  having  now  augiuented  his 
party  to  thirteen,  he  set  out  for  that  capiial.  Bat  Ins 
former  good  fortune  now  forsook  tiim;  and  he  hiiuselt 
.vas  soon  doomed  to  i'f'\  ail  those  bitler  calamities, 
from  which  it  had  been  tiie  object  of  his  exertions  U)  ex- 
tricate othiMs. 

On  the  -ilst  of  .lu'y  H.^n,  it  was  his  ill  hap  lo  fall  in 
with  an  army,  which  the  liebel  General  Wnyiie{u)  was 
CMuduetin-;'  to  the  siege  of  The  ^ilod/iousi'.  commanded  by 


w 

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^'», 


sp 


\  \I!i;ativk. 


L>'.t 


III 


I  fall  in 
ii)  was 
ided  Itv 


Ciipliiiii    l\',u(l.      Ke'sistiu was   vain,  ami    I'ctrcat   iin- 

piacficahlo.     Mr.    MchmIv,  and    the   grcaUT   part   of  liis 
nioii,  were  nmv  uhligvd  to  siihniit  \n  (•a|)livity.(i-.) 

lie,  and  two  of  lii.s  men,  wciv  iMuncdiatciy  sent  to  a 
placr  called  The.  SInle ;  wIk.mo  tliey  were  conlincd,  witii 
liicii'  liand.s  tied  licjiind  tli(Mr  hacks  On  llic  i>2d  ;iwy 
wci'c  rcMiiovcd  Id  Sianii-pciiil  ;  and  on  the  -IWA  lo  CnlMncl 
Kobcrtsun's  lioiisc,  at  \\l<t  I'nint,  The  K'cbcl  (oMnTal 
IT()in',{y.,)  who  coniniandcd  at  tin's  post,  ir-atcil  Mr. 
-Mouily  with  uival  ciN-ility  ;  and  ))cnnitt('d  his  servant 
to  attiMiil  liini.  From  tlicncc,  lie  was  sent  to  Fls/i-!:!//,  to 
tlic  licljci  (-'onmiissaiy  of  prisoners,  who  passed  him  ui» 
to  J-Js-opiis.  At  .'Esiiptix,  he  renniined  till  tiie  'h\  of  Aii- 
g'Mst  ;  when,  m  tlie  ni-lit,  lie  was  put  into  a  strong- room 
guarded  by  fair  soldiers,  two  witliin  the  door,  and  two 
without.  Tlie  Serjeant,  in  the  liearing  of  the  Knsign, 
gave  orders  to  the  sentinels  wlu)  were  in  the  room 
with  him,  to  insist  on  his  lying  <l()wn  on  a  bed,  and  in- 
atantly  to  shoot  hiin  if  he  attempted  lo  rise  from  it.  On 
this,  he  re(jiiested  and  insisted  to  see  the  r'ommissary. 
The  Commissary  came  ;  and  was  asked,  if  these  onlers 
wore  from  him  ^  His  answer  was,  "  The  Ser.jeant  had 
done  his  duty  ;  and  he  hoped  the  men  would  obey  thi.dr 
orders."  Mr.  Moi.dy  remonsl  rated,  and  urged,  that  it 
was  no  nncominoii  tiling  with  him  to  rise  from  his  IxmI 
in  his  sle(>p  ;  he  reipiestid  therefore  only,  that,  if  he 
should  happen  now  to  i,e  oveitaken  with  such  an  in- 
lii'inity,  the  men  might  be  oidereil  lo  call  him  l,y  his 
name,  and  at  least  to  :i\\id<e  him   before    thex'lired.      All 


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:{(> 


\.\ni;.\ri\  i:. 


the  answer  liy  ('(.iild  nbtaiii,  IVnni  lliis  tyrant — iiiiiiinii  of 
Ivraiil-mastci's,  was  II  ODiil  anil  irmst  ciil' iiiii'  rcpi'liti.in 
111'  his  fornier  worils. 

vVI'tor  liiiviii,ui:  twice  iiinic  cliaii^-cd  ilie  place  ot  iiis 
contiiuMiitMit,  on  tlic  lOtli  of  August  in,'  was  caiTicd  iiacii 
Id  Wesl-jidiiil.  Ami  here  liis  siilVfrin,!:;-s  swinoil  tn  lie 
liiit  !ic',ninnin,L;-  ;  tor  tlic  criioltit'S  he  expiMionced,  under 
the  ininu'(liate  eye  ofiJeneral  Anwlil.(n)  who  then  coni- 
Miaiidetl  there,  inliniltdy  exceeded  all  that  he  has  over 
met  with  li.'loie  or  since. 

Nothinj;'  can  I'e  further  from  Mr.  Mood\'s  wishes  than 
lo  bccunie  any  man's  accuser  ;  but  no  man  should  lie 
ahaid  either  to  hear,  or  to  tell  the  truth,  which  is  of  no 
party,  and  should  lie  observed  by  all.  Humanity,  more- 
ovei',  is  so  lovely  and  necessary  a  virtue,  and  especially 
in  times  of  civil  war,  that  Mr.  Moody  owns  he  is  proud, 
and  loves,  to  acknowledge  ami  praise  it,  even  in  an 
enemy;  of  course,  ho  must  lament  and  reprobate  the 
want  of  it,  thou.uh  in  Ids  best  friend.  I'nder  new  mas- 
ters, it  is  hopt'd,  (leneral  Arnold  has  learned  new  max- 
ims. Compelled  liy  truth,  however,  Mr.  Moody  musl 
bear  him  testimony,  that  he  was  //irn  faithful  to  his  em- 
ployers, and  abated  not  an  iota  in  fulliliing  both  the 
letter  and  the  spirit  of  their  o'tMierai  orders  and  instruc- 
lions.(,.-,) 

Mr.  bloody  fei'ls  this  to  Ik.'  an  unpleasant  jiart  of  his 
iSarrative.  It  is  with  pain  he  juirsnes  it.  May  it  be. 
permitted  him  then  to  gi\ti  the  sid).<e4nent  piart  of  il  m 
the  words  ot  an  atlidavit,  taken  in  the  .1  ndge-Advocate's 


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31 


Office  at  New  \,nk.  IVnin  il„.  luuntli  uf  Williiun  I5iiin 

'.vIh,   whs   (•(ilililicd    Inl'   liis  InvallV   ill  tll(/  SIUIK 

.Mr,  MoihIv. 


|irisn|i  \vi    li 


'»    'I 


".IlDlil:    Al)VO(  AIk's  OlKICK. 

i^'i'ii'  YoiL  Mill/  1 1,  17)s:2. 
••Tliisday  i.cMs„iii,lly  iippi-nicd  Williiun  Unirtis.  a  Ki'tiinvo 
tW.Mi  flic  county  of  \\\.<t  Cliu^tor,  in  tin.  pr<,vince  of  Xovv 
Vorlv.  hilt  nou- rosidin^M.M  York  l-laiid.  in  Ilio  province  atore- 
Niid;  and  l.ciny:  diil,\  sworn  on  tlic  II(,|y  Hvan<.a'lists  of  AI- 
jni;.dity  (iod.  doposetli  and  saitli  : 

"That  some  time  in  the  inontli  (d'  Au-iisf  17H(i.  he  (the  de- 
ponent) was  confined  in  a  dun-eon  at  West-Point  Fort,  under 
sentence  of  death,  liaviiio-  heen  .diar-cd  with  ^dvin-  certain 
intelli^^ence  and  information  to  Ceiieral  Mathew.  („,)  one  of 
Ills  liritarinic  Majesty's  (Jenerals  servini;  at  tliat  tin,.,  in  An.eii- 
'•a;  that,  ahoiitthe  nuddle  of  the  mouth  of  An-ust  aforesaid 
I.ieuteuaut  Munvs  Mu,uhj,  of  liri-adier  (ieueral  Skinner's  [i,xt 

hatalli(ui.  was  hroi|..i,t  , or  guard.  nn<l  conliu.d  in  the  same 

dune-eon  with  him  (tlie  deponent) ;  tiiat,  the  -lav  Hdlowiu-  ho 
tLieutenant  Moody)  was  put  in  irons  and  lumd-.aHfed :  tliat 
tlH'  hand-cntfs  were  of  a  particular  sort  and  .••mstrnetiou,  ,v,..- 
I^nlon  the  inside  next  tl,e  wrist,  which  ra-e<lness  caused  liis 
wrists  to  he  mn.d,  cut  and  scarifi..d  ;  that  soon  after  he  (Lieu- 
tenant Moody)  was  ir.uied  and  haud-cutted,  an  otlicer  cameaiid 
.leuumded  Ids  money,  saying,  "//c  ,ra.  nnleml.  /o  lake  whut 
'"oueii  he  hwl.  un<l  shonhl  „/,e„  h,s  onlers  punclm.lhi ;"  that  the 
"Hiuey  was  not  delivere.l.  as  he  (Lieutenant  ^foodv,  was  reso- 
lute m  retnsing,  and  detcrmiiK.d  n.,t  to  give  it  np.  lie  (Jaeu- 
teuaiit  Moody)  then  petitioned  (ieneral  lieuedict  Arnohl,  at 
lliMl  time  in  the  Hehel  service,  and  Commaudiug  ( tllic.T  at 
\\e-l  I'oiiii,  to  grant  l,im  ,vlief:   in  wliicli  jKtiti.ui  he  set  tWrlh 


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32 


NAUr.ATIV  K 


SIP  tia'  tdniu'rit  lii'  snt- 
.,  ,  occasioned  by  the  liaiid-cutls  ;  to  which  petition  ho  re- 
ived no  answer,  thoniili  he  was  told,  by  two  ottieers  in  the 


Thi'  miseralile  situation  lie  was  in.  as  a 
tVred, 


Kebel    service,   his  petition   bad   been 
Arnold. 


(|cliver'.'( 


il    to    (u'neral 


That  about  a  week  after  his  first  petition  bad  l>een  sent. 


he  jietitioned  a  second   time 
qnestinix  moreover  to  be  liroii 


i.r  relief  from  his  snlferiniJ:,  re- 
dit  to  a  trial,  observiiifr,  that  if 


lie  should  be  found  jiuilty  of  death  be  should  desire  to  snfVer, 
a>  death  was  iiinch  i.referable  to  torment,  and  beiii'i murdered 
hv  inches.     Some  little  time  alter  the  delivery  of  the  second 


petition,  one 


of  (Jencr.'d  Arnold's  Aids  de  Camps,  whose  name 


he  (the   deponent)  cnnix 


.t  recollect,  came  to  the    dungeon; 


him.  (T/ieutemmtMoody.l  asked,  if  thai  was  the 


and. on  seeiiii 

Mooihi  whose  name  was  a  terror  to  evc.-y  }r( 


V  irood  man?     On  his 


vei 


ilvi 


nil'  that  his  name  was 


Moodv.  be  (the  Aid  de  Ciimi.)  re- 


plied in  a  scotliiijr  maniiei 


\ 


(III  liiirr  I'd 


1^  iliiinsrlf  into  a  jiiilhj 


SllUlltlllll 

was  disaii'ree 


,n  his  (Lieutenant   Moody's)  sayinu'  the  situation 


able,  but   he   hoped  it  won 


Id  not  be  of  hnij;-  con- 


tinuance; 


he   aiiswerei 


il.   be  believed  not,    as  he   would 


meet  with  Jnsticc  (|.ointiii^'  at  the  same  time  to  a  -allows  that 
ted  in  the  sidit  and  view  of  the  dun^'eoii) ;  and  also 


was  ere( 


added,  l/trrc  is  the  jrallowi 


reiidv  erected  wliicli  he  (meaiiin;-' 


Moodv)  had  lon^i-  merited.     I.icnten.aiit   Moody  answere( 


il.  h 


made    no  < 

Loval  Siiliject  liani 


;loubt    he    (the    .\id   <lc    Camp)  Wl 


died  to  sec  every 


It  he  thanked  ( lod.  the  power  was  not 

but  if  he  (Lieutenant  Moody  I  wa-  lian^vd.  it  couM  be 

li.Mii  beiim'  a  l.oval  Subject  to  one  of  ihe 


tor  no  other  ri^asoii  i 


le-t  of  Kiii'i-s.  am 

idiled.  if  he  had  Ini  lives  t; 


il  under  oiu'  of  the  be-t  of  ( lovermllen^^ 


he  would  sooner  forfeit   1 1 


tell  as  a 
Inioed  II 


,oyal    Subjei 
ive  to 


1    tl 


lan  "III'  a- 


.■liel 


Im)  sail!,  lie. 


liim  (the  Aid    do  C;niipi.  and  a  tbi.U:-aiid 


■'1 


m 


.v.\ui!.\n\  K. 


3a 


MU'li  Other  villains  liniigi'd  tor  ln-injr  lU-hoN,  Tiic  i>llici-f  iljeii 
said  he  was  sent  to  exaniini'  his  irons,  as  he  (Liontuiianl 
Moodv)  lind  hcoii  IVequi'ntlv  tronblinn'  (iuneral  Arnold  with 
liis  petitions.  On  I'Xaniiniii;:- Iho  irons,  ho  said  //«■//  irm  (on 
biiil ;  and  asked,  who  jmt  tlioin  on  ^ — savinj;,  '/ro//\  iw/r /,(- 
Iv.nilalfoi-  arnnihi,  nnl  for  loniicnt  .■  hut  if  iini/  one  iiiciiIkI  siir/i 
*J'o//>v, //(' (iJi-utenant  Moody)  (//</  ni  his  opnuon.''  Licntonant. 
Moody,  however,  was  not  relieved  at  that  time  from  his  irons; 
but,  alioiit  a  Week  or  ten  days  afterwards,  an  otlicer  eame 
from  (ieiieral  Wasliinffton,  ordered  the  irons  to  be  taken  otV, 
and  I.ientenant  Moody  to  be  l)etter  treated.  In  eonsii|uence 
of  General  Washington's  order,  he  was  better  nsed  ;  thai  he, 
(the  dei)oneMtj  knows  nothing;-  farther  that  haiipened,  as  he 
(Lienteiiant  Mcjody.)  in  a  few  ilays  afterwards,  was  removed 
from  that  i)laee. 

'•  WlI.I.IA.M    1)1  ll!TIS.|,7) 

"Sworn  before  meat  the  time  and  place  above  mentioned. 
"lii(  iiAiii)  roi!Ti;i:, 

As.  J)y.  J ndge- Advocate." 

The  alxivt'-UK.'iitioiicd  duM.i^L'oii  was  dug  out  of  a  rock, 
and  covered  with  a  platform  cd'  (daiiks  badiy  jointed, 
without  any  roof  to  it  ;  and  ail  the  rain  which  fell  upon 
it  iniinediately  pa.ssed  throug-li,  and  lodged  la  the  bot- 
t(jni  of  this  dismal  niiinsion.  It  iiad  no  llodr  but  tin; 
natural  rock  ;  and  the  water,  with  tlie  mud  and  lilth 
collected,  was  comtnonly  aiik!e-deep  in  every  {)art  id'  it. 
3Ir.  Moody's  bed  was  an  old  door,  supported  by  four 
stones,  so  as  just  to  raise  it  aiiove  the  surface  of  the 
water.  Here  he  continued  near  fotir  weeks;  and,  dur- 
ing   most  of  the   time,  while  lie   was   tormented    with 


«:■; 


!fS'i 


:!» 


SA1!1!ATI\  i: 


ll'dlis  ill  llif  liiillilii'l  iiiciitiiilird  aliovf,  no  fdml  \\;is  ;il- 
luwi'd  him  liiit  stiiikiiii;- lit;ft',  and  inltcn  II. mr,  iiiadi'  up 
into  liulls  111-  (iiiiii|iliiis,  wiiich  ufic  lludwM  into  a  kt'ttii; 
and  ludlt'd  with  the  incut,  and  then  linm^dit  i  liini  in  a 
Wdodc'M  bowl  wiiich  was  never  washed,  and  which  cnii- 
tiiicled  a  tliiek  crust  ni'  (lini.iiii,  y-ieasc,  and  dirt.  It  is 
a  wonder  tliat  siicli  air,  and  such  food,  to  say  noliiiiiii- 
of  tlie  won  ds  uiioii  his  legs  and  wrists,  were  not  latal 
tu  him,  especially  as  tlie  clothes  on  liis  back  weie  >el- 
dom  dry,  and  at  one  time  were  continually  wet  I'or  more 
than  a  week  tog'etlicr.  .M'ter  Mr.  Washington  iuteifrred 
lie  was  served  with  wholesome  provisions,  and  he  was 
allowed  to  purchase  for  himscU'  some  milk  and  veget- 
ables. 

The  ways  of  Trovidence  are  often  mysterious,  fre- 
quently briiig-iiigv  about  its  ends  by  the  most  unlikely 
means.  To  tiiis  iuhumaii  treatment  in  General  Arnold's 
camp,  Mr.  Moody  owed  his  future  safety.  On  the  l>i 
(if  Se[)tember  lie  was  carried  to  Washington's  camp,  and 
there  conlined  near  their  Liberty-pole.  Colonel  Skam- 
me/,{,.)  the  Adjutant  (Jcneral,  came  to  see  him  put  in 
irons.  When  they  had  hand-cuin'd  him,  he  reiiiuiistrated 
with  the  Colonel,  desiring  that  his  legs,  which  were  in- 
deed in  a  worse  situation  than  even  his  wrists,  micht 
be  examined  ;  J'arther  adding  only,  that  dealli  would  be 
inlinitely  (ueferable  to  a  repetition  of  the  torments  he 
had  just  undergone.  The  Colonel  did  examine  his  ieg,>  : 
and,  on  seeing-  them,  he  al.so  acknowledged,  that  his 
trcMtir.eiit  had  indc'ed  been  too  l^ad  ;  and  asked,  if  (Jen- 


J. 


\ 


{■ 


'■r 


»BNBBAL   WASHlNaiON. 


■1 


NAIIII.\I1\  K. 


'nil   Ariinid   |,:,<|  I 


tioii.     Ml.  .M,„„|v  t,,,,| 


"■I'll   iiiiulu  nc(|uaiiitiMl   with  his  ,sil 


iiii- 


S    a    iSllll'CIC     |.|.'1I,S11I(.    ill    tllllS     |,||l;. 


ackin.\vl(.iln.ii|o.  iii.^  „l,|io.,iij,,„s  ill,,!  In- 


to ColoiR'l  Skii 


•s  yiutiiiiilo 


iiiiiH'l,  wliu  liiiiiiancly  K-uvc  onlcrs  to  tii 


IHKI       CillC     li'       llilll^      .,,,,1      \,y      I 


IVovost,  .MiiiNhiii    III   till. 

iiK'iiiis  |„  siiIHt  iiiiv  in. MS  to  be  put  on  his  k-'s,  till  tl 

were  likely  to  piovo  less  distnv-sii;. 


lU 


10}' 


Ml.  M 


the  Aeic  /hit/. 

the! 

tl 


"ouy  iittciMlcd  tho  ichcl  aniiv  in  ii 


s  iiiaii'li  over 


"C 


IImI   I 


liitl  ail  ii|i|M)riiiiiit_v  ,,!'  oliscrviiii 


r  wliuld   line   ai 


III   (•(iiihtiim-   llicir 


.■niiilci  V. 


iinysoi'iiicd  siiiuuth  and  lair,  and 
iitcuso,  ill  the  |Mns|M'cl  of  hcino-soon  cxi 
very  HiicxiiL'ctcdlv,  he  was  visited 
ancc,  (iii(.  di'  their  ( 


.very- 


lit.'  lelt  hiiiiseir  iiiiii'l 


II 


iin,L;vd  ;  wiieii, 
in  <ild   ai'ijiiaint- 


Was    III    iw,.    days    time    to    he    h 


1-  lohmels,  wn.i    inrerinc.l   hiiii,  ijiat    In 


AViiii's/oH  was  to  III 


roii<;iit   to    trial 


that 


irtial    »vas  ain'fii//i/  picM  i;,r   th 


M 


joiuod,  fluit  he  would  do   well 
since,  froiii  the  (.'videi 


pidseciilor,  and   that  the  Court 


piiipo.se. 
piepare   for 


JTe  sill.. 

Kieridtv, 


ice  which  h(,'  knew   would   I 


diiced,  there  >vas  hut  une  issue  of  the  I 
peeled.      Mi.  M 


le  pn 


nisiness 


to  be 


ex 


oo(l,v  ie(iue.ste.    to   he  inloriued,  what -'t 


was  the  purpose  of  this  evid 


eiu'e  to  prove  'f   it  was,  1 


well   wisher  told   iiim,  that  ho  had 

tiiiii  Shaddoek,  and  a  Lieutenant    Ilendrick 


us 


a.ssassiiiatoJ  a  Caii- 


son. 


were  tlu'  twi 


dii 


Tl 


lOSO 


o  oHicers 


who  had  fallen  fairly  in  battle  near 
Black  Puiiif,  as  has  been  already   related.      The  Ensi-i, 


n'plied,  that  ho  felt   hiinsol 


niiu'h   at  ease  on   that  ac- 


count, as   it   could    be   siiiriciently  cleared 
own  poui.lo,    who  hail  been   in,  and  ha-l 


up    by    tl 
.survived,  ll 


II!  ir 


le 


j^> 


f 


;!(') 


fP 


T 


N.uiu.vrrvi;. 


ac/«V«,  iis  well  as  by  soin.'  oC  tlicir  unirers,  who  wen;  at 
tlie  time  pn'sdiiors  to  liim,  and  spectators  of  the  \vli()l(> 
iifTair.  "All  this,"  said  liis  friL-nd,  "will  h,.  „f  little 
avail;  you  aio  so  olmoxions ;  you  have  hceii,  and  are 
likely  to  lie.  so  mlsc/iierons  to  lis,  tiiat,  bo  assii'-ed,  we 
are  resolved  lo  gel  lid  of  you  at  any  rate.  Besides, 
you  cannot  deny,  and  it  can  be  proved  by  incontestible 
evidence,  that  yon  have  enlisted  men,  in  this  Ski/e,  for 
the  King's  service,  and  this,  by  our  laws,  is  denfJi." 

Eiisig-n  :Nri)ody  aflectod  an  air  of  nneonccni  at  this  in- 
forniatiun  ;  but  it  was  too  serious  and  important  to  him  to 
be  really  disregarded  ;  ho  resolved,  therefore,  from  that 
moment,  toeflect  iiis  escape,  or  to  perish  in  the  attemiit. 
Every  precaution  liad  b(;en  taken  to  secure  the  plact; 
in    \\hk\\    he    was    confined.      It    was    nearly    in    the 
centre  of  the  rebel   camp.     A  sentinel  was  i)laced  with 
HI  the  door  of  his  prison,  and  another   without,  besides 
four  others  close  round,  and   within  a  few  yards  of  the 
place.     The    time    now   ciime   on    when  ho  mu   '   either 
make  his  attempt,  or  lose  the  oi.|/ortnnity  for  ever.     On 
the  )iight,  therefore,  of  the   lltli  of  September,  laisy  in 
ruminating   on   his   project,  he  had,  on   the  pretence  (jt 
being  cold,  got  a  watch-coat  thrown  across  liis  slu.ulders, 
tl  at  he  might  better  conc(  al,  from   his  unpleasant  com- 
panion, the  operations  whi.li  he  meditated  against  his 
hand-cuffs.      While   he   was   racking  liis  invention,  to 
find  some  possible  means   of  extricating  himself  from 
liis  fetters,  he  providentially  cast  his  eye  on  a  post  fast- 
ened in   the  ground,  through  which   an    hole   liad    been 


N'Ai;nATi\  [•: 


liiiicd    with   ail 


an  O'er 


111(1   it 


orciiicd    to   him    tliat    it 


"lig-ht  1,0   |..xs.ihl(.    with   the  aid  of  thi.s  hole,  to  b 


tiic  lioll  of  1 


leat 


S     II.IIMlC 


ufl'^ 


tl 


\\- 


itclun"' 


tl 


icrcloie,   fidii 


aiiotii 


llllK.'     to     tilUC,    of    tl 


(■!•  way,  he  thni.st   tlie 


U'  opporttiiiity. 
It  sonliiicrs  loolviri" 


'(tvc'-iiioiitioiicd  hole,  and   \,y  c 


point  of  tiie   holt   into  tl 


strcng'th,   and 


giinhially 


aitiously  exert inii'  h 


10 


IS 


iien( 


iiig'  the   iron    l)aek\\ard^ 


and   forwards,  l,e   at    length    broke   it.     Let   t 


'"li'gmu  what   his  sensations  were,  whe 
manacles  drop   from   his    hands  !      Ik'  si 


le   reatle 


past  tl 


It!  interior  sentinel. 


and  rnshiiu 


<nie  hand   he  s(;ized   h 


1  lie  lonnd  the 
spmiig  instantly 
in  the  next,  with 


strucl' 


IS   nmsipiet,  and    with    the  otl 


k  luin  to  the  gronnd.     The  sentinel  within,  and  tl 


ler 


le 


le   fence  snrronndinsr 


ioiir  others  who  were  placed   bv  t 

tlie    place  of   his    confinenient,   immediately   gave   the 
alarm  ;     and,    in    a    moment,    the    cry    was   general,— 
"  Mood!/  i«  ''scaped  from  the  Provost."     It  is  impossible 
to  describe  the  uproar  which  now  took  place  throughout 
the  whole  camp.     I,,  a  few  minutes  every  man  was  in  a 
bustle;  every  man  was   looking  for  .Moody,  and  multi- 
tudes passed  him  on  all  sides— little  suspecting,  that  a 
man  whom  they  saw  deliberately  marching  along,  with 
a   musket   (,n   his   shoulder,  could   be  the  Vugitive'  thev 
were  in  ,|„est    of.     The  darkness  of  the  night,  wliicli 
was  also  blustering  and  drizzly,  prevented  any  discrimi- 
iiiitiun  of  his  person,  and  was  indeed  the  great  circum- 
stance that  reiKlered  his  escape  possible. 

But  no  small  diiliculty  still  remained  to  be  surmount- 
ed.    To  prevent  desertion,  which  at  that  time,  was  very 


m] 


W 


w 


n 


88 


NAIiUATrVt:. 


IVcquciit,  Wasliiiiiilofi   }iii(| 


sill  Tiiiini 


led  1 


ciiiiin  of  scntiiii'ls,  posted   iit  ahont    lortv  or  (ii't 


lis  curiip  with  a 


V  vaifl 


dist 


t\ 


uico   fVoin  oacli  otlior  ;    lie  was  uiiacqnaiiitod   witl 


loir  stations  ;   to  pass  tl 
impossililo  ;  and    fo   ho  discovered 
fatal.     Ill    til 
lii 


icrn   iiiKliscovercd  was  next  ti 


would  certainly  I 


le 


is   dilemma    rrovideiice  ao-ain    belViended 


ni. 


lie  had  oaii](>d  t 


icir  station   without  knowiiio-  it. 


when  hickilv  he  heard  tiie  watcl 


i-woid  passed  from  one 


to  another—'-  Look  sharp  to  the  chain— Moody  is  es- 
caped from  tiie  Provost."  From  the  sound  of  the  voices 
he  ascertained  the  respectivt^  situations  of  these  senti- 
nels ;  and.  throwino-  himself  on  his 
he  was  happy  enoTig-h  to  crawl  throunh  the  vacant  siiai 


lianrls   and   knees. 


lietwcen  two  of  ihem, 
tlieir   line    of  imrsnit 


Brit 


unseen  by  either.     Judging  that 
would    naturally   be  towards  the 


ish  army,  he  made  a  detour  into  the  woods  on  the 


opposite  side.     Tinougii  tliese  woods  1 
speed  as  tiie  darknrss  of  the  uio-ht  would 


le  made  as  mucii 


)ii< 


eu  as  tne  (UdUnrss  ol   tlie  night  would  permit,  steer- 
hi>  course,  after  tin-  Indian  uniuner,  l)v  occasioiiallv 


;roping  and   leeiiim'   the    ir/u/c-oti/,-.     On   th 


sou 


th 


siUe 


tiie 


tliis  tree    is  roU'.;'! 


id  uiipicasant   to    the 


touch,  but  on  the  north  side  it  is.-Hiooth  ;  lienre  it  serves 


the 


sag-acioUH  traverser  of  th(>   desart,  bv  ni^'ht 


as  we  I 


as  by  day,  for  his  compass.     T 


iirouuh  the  most  distant 


Woods  an<l   swaiii[is   he    continued    to   wander  till   tiie 


night  of  the  21st,  a  spac(;  of  more  tl 


during  which  time,  he  had    no  otiier  sust 


an  lifty-six  iioiu'; 


enance  than  a 


hf(ir/i  leaves  (which,  of  all  that  t 


II'  wool 


1>  atl 


ordeil 


were  the  least    iinplca^anf    tn    the    taste,  and    least    | 


lei- 


NAliliATfVK. 


89 


iiicioiis  to  liciilOi)  wliicl 
'■tliiitc  the  intnl 


I 


•'I'abic  cTiivi 


'   '"■  chcuH.,!  aii(i  swalluwed 


10 


iiii' 


cf  G 


"  ''Vfiy  inhabited  distiift  he  k 


nl  his  hiinyci., 


"veniineiit,  and  he  liad  new  I 


new  tiiei-u  wore  friends 


•in 


\v  to  iiiid  them  out,  wit! 


i'!ii-ned  also  wliere  uiid 


wiiicli  was  ah 


} 


K)me  of  tiie.so  good  men  I 


>ys  tlje  first  object  of 


out  elldall,^•el■in^•  //idr  y^f 


etv, 


Ills  eonceri).     Fi 


low 


fiL'  pursuit  al'ter  iiiin 


!(.'  received  niiniih;  int 


oni 


guard  was  posted.     '1' 


"as  directed,  and 


orniaiion 
will! re  every 


111- 


est  viu'i 


assisted 


lie  ehu 


i^'ii'iiice  ;  and,  at   len-th,  by  (;„^|'^  , 


led   t 


leir  Jxeen- 


iiii.''|»eai<abiej„y,  | 


s  bh'issing-,  to  liis 


On    tlie   Gth   of  March    1781    C 


"'  ■■irrived  sar(.'  at  Paul  us- Hook. 


Adjutant  ( 


iilone 


1) 


'••i.eral,  requested   Mr.  Moody  to  mat 


''■laiicey.(„)  tl 


le 


pL'diiion  into  the  rebcd 


ke  an  e.v- 


ccpiing  Mr.  W 


coiinlrv 


sented 


and 


:i«hington's  dispatelies.      II 


for  the  purpose  of  inter- 


«ot  out  on    the  exj 


e  read  I 


y  con- 


'L''lition   tlie  very  next 


;'is';t,and  'ravelled  about  twenty-nvo  miles.     1 


lowing;-  da\ 


lie  and  1 


Tl 


e  next  night,  fur  it 


"«  party  kept  conceale 


he  fo|. 


('  in  a  swam 


ler. 


X 


v.'iiture  to  stir,  they  had 
wli"   had    uiiderlakeii  to   1 
Vance   a   siep    laid 
threats,  coi 
Was   at  hit 
party.     Incensed 


was  only  by  night  that 


I  p. 
I  hey  could 


lint 


i'oiie 


far,  when  the  i 


nan 


le    iheir   o'liid 


(',  refused  to  ad- 


pi-cvail    with   him    to    pi 


<>  arguments,  no  promi.st 


'S,  no 


own   expiess  desire  tl 


proceed,   though   it 


Kit 


a!"   his    beii 
.V,  ill    tl 


Ik.'  was  on 


ii'-adud,  3Ir.  Mood 
ti"ii.  had  actually  co( 
I'lU  happily  he  instaiul 
i''"la  wife  and  lamilv  ulm  d 


tl 
-in  I 


le 


ig  so  perverse  and   wr 
liist    transports  of  indin-n,, 


;lioot  him  ; 
le  pool'  devil 


lis  gun  ill  iirder  t( 


y    I'Tolleeled,  I  hat  il 


eiiemied   on   him  Inr  bit 


'  'if 


,Kir 


lit 


a 


H 


f  it 


IN 


40 


XAItliAriVR. 


Tliis  ivstraiiicd  liiiii  ;  ami  urdciiiii^'  liis  iiniis  to  be  taken 
fVoiii  liiin,  lie  was  umier  the  painliil  necessity  of  icturii- 
iiiji'  with  liiiii  to  Ne\v-V«ti'k. 

Tin's  inini  was  leiiuiikabiy  earnest  and  vcljettieiit  in 
liis  resentment  a.uainst  tiie  Rebels.  lie  bad  l)een  nincli 
injured  by  tlieni  in  his  proiierty  ;  and  they  bad  also  pnt 
liolb  iiis  lather  and  his  brother  to  an  ig-noniiiiioiis  death, 
it  was  natural  to  supjKjse,  tluMefore,  that  siieli  a  man 
\vt)nld  be  trne  and  firm.     But  he  was  loval  only  thrnnoh 


resemuient  am 


.1  int 


erest,  not  IVom 


col 


iviction  and  prin- 


ei|de.     Tiiese    Loyalists,  IVoni  principle,   were  the  mei 
on  whom  he    relied  :  ami   no   one   of  tl 


<  .<e   ever 


tiled 
bim. 

The  Adjutant  Gcmeral  seemed  to  be  mneh  disappoint- 
ed on  seeing-  the  party  return,  supposing-  the  hope  of 
obtaining-  the  (lisi)atches  to  be  now  vain.  Mr.  Moodv 
informed  him  of  what  had  happened  ;  but  adiled,  that 
ho  had  ever  since  kept  his  eye  on  the  venegado,  and 
had  not  sullered  a  soul  to  speak  to  him  ;  and  ie(|Uested 
that  this  caution  should  be  still  continued,  and  that 
even  the  sentry,  who  was  to  guard  him,  should  not  be 
permitted   to  have  any  intercourse   with  hiui.      On  this 


Dl'tt/ic, 


he   pioinised    again    to  ?mi 


ke  tl 


le   attempt,  and 


hoped   mit   witiiont   success.     Accnidiiigly,  lie  set  out  a 
second  time,  and,  <>\i   the   night  of  tiie    lOlh    he  reached 


llavcistraw  mountains. 


0 


n  his  march  he  was  uilornied 


that  the  post  had  gone   liy  that  day.     On   the   11th    the 
weather  became  very  inclement,  and  he,  witli  his  party, 


,ni\ 


eretl    eXcrcaillL 


troiii   a    lie;iv 


snow 


not- 


NAHliATIVI.;. 


41 


"--'-,  to...  aOK.a  of' n,..nan^'T,;s./e 

'";"-''   7— -..ly   fati.„i„.    U-O.V   as  yet  all  i„  va  ^ 

-.     safe   u-ith    i.   ...   x,„,  V,,,,      Tl,/i,.exp,-:    ^^l 

^al.npswlnclMlu>  party  underwent  in  this  a.  ventn,. 
bohlnnn     „n,e.andeol.,,.e..enUaItotl,elK.alt:^ 
"-t    of    then,.     Soon   after    Mr.  Moody  wa,s    rnad.    a 

untenant   havin,  first  served  .no,e4n  a  v<.at: 
^;;'^;^;;;;;^'"'^"t  ->y  lK.y,  and   aln.os,   ,hne\-earsas 

About  the  middle  of  May  the  Adjutant  General  a-aiu 

omp  uned  of  the  want  of  intelh>„ee,  and  t„ld  rieu^ 

tenant    Moody,  that  he  could   not   render   the    Ki„X 

;;r'"'.^  '■'■^^^"'*'^'Jl''^-^<-f  service  than  hvhrin^i^o. 

1".  >^  1     -ore  possible,  another  rebel  mail.     There  w.s 
"o   decd.nmo.  ,„ei.   ,    ,,,UvHntlou.      Theref„re    on    the 

-."tnflhel5th.,akin,A.„rmenwith„in,,M;.Mo, 

and  h,.  assoen.tes  met  with  no  molestation  ;  but  thov 
'-1  n..t^one  far  ,he  next  ni,ht,  when  ^hovproeL; 

considerable  party  of  n,en  approaching  them  as  seJl^ 
-  pnss.ble.     Mr.  .Aloody  tried  to  o,t  off  by  the  left        t 

^;;-,di.i.nselfand   Ins  party  incMsedc^t.:J::;: 
0"ther,d.t  wasahighclifl-ofrocks,soruo-o.ed   and 
stocpthattheenen,.thou.ht  it  impossible  fV;^,'„ 
escape  on  that  sido.     It   was  obvious,  fron.  these   ei 


4'  11 


>:-l 


t'^' 


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>■  •• 


i 

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1 

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42 


\AIflt.\TIVK, 


cuiiistMiiccs,  tliiit  ail  aniliiisli  was  laid,  and  tliat  this 
spot,  so  ppciiliaily  convc'iiiciit,  was  cliijseii  for  tlic  pur- 
pose ;  ill  short,  tliat  Mr.  Mooily  nnd  ids  i)arty  liad  Itccii  be- 
trayed by  iiitellijiTiioo  sent  forward  from  New  York. 
Tlie  only  alternative  left  was  to  surrende  •.:  •  rc-ish, 
or  to  leap  down  from  the  top  of  tli<^s(>  r,,,  ;•  •.  aout 
knowiiio-,  witli  any  eortainty,  eitlier  liow  ii  ^.,  they 
were,  or  wliat  sort  of  ground  was  at  tiie  bottom.  Tiie 
Lieutenant  bade;  liis  men  follow  liini,  and  sprang  for- 
ward. Providentially  the  g-round  at  the  bottom  was 
soft,  and  everything  else  just  as  they  could  have  wislicd 
it:  they  escaped  unliurt,  and  proceeded  for  some  time 
unmolested.  But,  at  no  great  dislanee,  crossing  a 
swamp,  just  beyond  it  they  fell  in  witli  another  party, 
of  much  the  same  number  as  the  former.  Luekilv  they 
saw,  and  were  not  seen.  A  litlle  liiMoek  was  at  iiand, 
to  which  the  Lieutenant  ord(>red  his  men  quieth'  to  re- 
treat, and  full  on  tiieir  faces  ;  judging  tliat,  in  case  they 
were  discovered,  there  would  be  sonic;  advantage  in 
liaving  to  charge  from  higher  ground,  by  wiiicli  means, 
if  at  all,  they  might  cut  tiicir  way  through  the  party. 
What  he  and  his  men  felt,  wlien  they  beheUl  so  superior 
a  force  marching  directly  towards  them,  till  at  last  tliey 
were  within  fifty  yards  ;  or,  when,  in  this  awful  moment, 
they  had  the  happiness  to  see  them,  without  being  dis- 
covered, take  another  course  ;  no  person  of  sensiljility 
will  need  lie  told.  .\  little  council  of  war  was  now  held, 
and  it  was  detei'iniiu^d  to  return  whither  only  the  way 
seemed  clear.     To  advance  was  impracticable,  as  there 


i  ''I 


N.MtliATU  K. 


43 


li'Hv  could  ivMKiin  ii,.(a.l„„ht  but  that  intcllinvnc..  uf 
tho  intnKlf.l  route  had  been  seut  fro..,  witl.iu  the  Bi  itisi, 
lines,  and  that  thi?  enemy  had  made  a  proper  use  ol'  it 
They  bc-ari,  therefore,  with  all  possible  cauti.m,  to 
measu.-e  baek  their  steps  ;  fur  Ihey  were  still  apprche.i- 
•sive  of  other  pIotN  and  other  ambushes. 

A.id   nou-,   havh.o-  irai.io.l   the  North   Iliver,  and   bci 

withm  four  miles  of  Snv  York,  they  flattei'od  thems.h.rs 
they  \vere  onoe  more  out  of  dan-er.      IJi.t,   h..in-  wiih- 
•    1"   a   Inmdrod  ya.'ds    of  a   ee.laii,  house,   how    were   thrv 
alarmed  when   they  saw  seventy  men  eom,.  (,nt   of  it,  and 
a.lvanec  diiwlly  towards  them  !      Lieutenant   Moo; iv' was 
convineed   they  w....v  R.UoU  ■  but   the  u-nide  insis,.,]  ihat 
th.w  weiT  Loyalists,  and  that  he  hiew  sevrral  of  th.m.    On 
this,  the  latter,  witli  another  man,  went  forward   to   meet 
tlumi,  n(,t'       ,staiuh-n-  that  ihe  former  still  persisted  in  I, is 
"pinion.     A   very  impleasant    salute    soon    .-(aivineed    this 
"iifortnnate  rlainnvirn/e  of  their  mistaken  eonlid..nee.     Tiir 
main   b,Mly  made  for  the  Lh-utenant,  who  had  no  other 
means  of  eseape  than  to  elimb  a  steep  hill  ;  but,  Ion-  befoie 
!"■  li"(l  reaehed  the  summit,  they  had  so  uained  on'him  as 
to  be  within  lifty  yards.     He  reeeived  one  o,,,H.ral  dischar-e 
and  thought   it  little  .s|,ort  of  a   nn-rael,.   ihat  he  eseaiuMl 
mnvo.m.h.d.    The  bullets  ilew  like  a  storm  of  hail  all  ai'om.d 
him  ;  his  elothes  were  shot   through  in  several  plae.'s  ;  one 
ball   went  throi,n-h  his  hat,  and  another  urazed   his  ai-m 
Without  at  all  slaekening  his  paee   he  turned  roimd,  and' 
diseharged  his  musijuef,  and  by  this  sho'  killed  one  of  his 
pursuers  :  still  they  kept  up  their  fire,  eaeh  man  disehar<.i.i.- 


[•f^ 


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NAHIIATIVK 


ills  pii'cc  u^  lii>t  as  li(,'  cciiild  loud  ;  but,  miiiiiiiLi-  an  ()|i|)()r- 
Iiiiiilv  (if  -iHiii  ildiihliiiu'  niiiMi  tiiciii,  lie  g-.wv  llioiii  tlic  sli)i, 
and  in  due  time  aii'ivcd,  oni'c  inoiv,  safe  in  New  Vnrlv. 
One  (d'  tin;  two  men  wlio  Imtl  cstaiicd,  and  .uot  in  lifst,  iiiis- 
takin-4'  ilie  seiTanis  of  tliu  jioor  fellow  wiio  was  sliot,  for 
those  of  Lieutenant  Moody  liimseif,  laid  uiveii  out  tliat  tiio 
liientenant  was  killed,  ioi'  that  he  iiad  jiear 
tlie  friends  of  ilu'  latt 
vocal  a  i)roof  tliat  llie  man  was  mistake 


d  his  eries  ;  hut, 


er  were  soon  hapjn-  to  see  so  uneqiii- 


n. 


The  very  first    niulit  aftei'   ! 


lis  return   to    .sew  lork,  as 


al)ove  felated,  n:.,  nu  tiu'  I8iii  of  .May,  l.ieuienant  Moody 


set    out   au'ani    on    ilie    Ims 


e    hnsmess  < 


if    tliis 


llel.els 


exjH'ditnm. 


'I" 


10 


l\new  lliai  in.'  ni 


I'en  driven  l)aek,  and  he  thonu-ht, 


it  tlie  }n'o]iei-est   time  to  proecM 
liis  ol.jeci.     On   tlui    niji'lit,  wit 


d  inuiU'diately  in  pufsuit  of 
ii    liis  small   party  of  four 


men,  he  n-ot.  as  far  a>  Seeain;as.  '|"he  ne.\t  uiiiiit  they 
crossed  tlie  llackinsack  river,  hy  means  of  a  canoe  wiiieli 
Lieutenant  Moody  always  kept  there  for  such  purposes,  and 


which,  after  crossinu-,  he  concealed  till  his  return.  He  then 
lifdceeded  <m,  till,  coming'  to  the  edge  of  a  marsh,  he  fell  in 
with  a  party  of  Ilebeis,  who  weie  patrollinti'  in  that  (rnart 


ritlia  view  only,  it  is  proliahle,  of  int 


ter. 


erceptiiig  tlie  country 


people  wlio  might    lie  carrying   provisions   to   New  York 
Tliis  jiavty  discovered    the    Lieutenant  first,  without   beiu"- 


seen,  an( 


i  suflered  him  to  jiass  their  van,  not  hailing  him  till 
stnae  of  them  were  in  his  real',  as  well  as  some  in  his  front. 


II 


e  was  ( 


ir(h-red  instantiv  to  sfantl. 


(M'  lie  and  all  with  him 
This  suniiuons   the    Lieutenant  answered 
ly  an  immediate  discharge,  wiiieh  they  reliu'iied.      He  then 


wi're  liead  men 


m 


XAUIiATn  R, 


in 


<"'lliiiir  on  l.is  ivar  to  m.Iv:,!.,,",  as  if  l.o  1„h1  a  laruv  l.u,lv  in 
roservo,  aiul  ...:iv;ii-  a  scomkI  tiiv,  iIr.v  soon  disiuTSfd.  'll,. 
wns  intnrm.Hl  the  n.-.vi  .lay,  tiial  tliis  ivl...!  ,.artv  ronsisi,..! 

tif  luclvc  111(11. 

^^^'"■'■'''"-  "" '<  ''"'ll'  ii'ilrs  liirilin',  lie  c- tn  Saildl.. 

Kiv-r,  wliirh  i(  was  lauvssary  tu  oioss  ;  Init  apiMvliensiv,. 
tliat  tlR.pi,  n.iolit  Ik.  a  -uartl  st,alin„,d  at  IIm:  hrido-,.  tlioiml, 
the  ni-ht  was  dismally  dark  and  rainy,  aiui  the'  riv,.,-  had 
u-iratly  ovcrdowcd  its  hanks,  l„.  uadcd,  fnr  several  vanls, 
thr.Midi  a  ••(.nsidrrahl,.  d,.,,t||  „r  water,  till  he  rr„t  el'ose  to 
the  U'idue,  where  lie  saw,  as  he  had  leaivd,  a  reo,,],,,.  .,,,ard 
On  this  he  retreated  will,  all  posMl.Je  speed  and  eaution  : 
iind  was  ,,l,h'o-ed  to  wa.le  thnai-h  the  river,  alionf  half  a 
mil.'  larilier  up,  ii,,t  wiih.Mil  miieh  dillieiiliy  and  danurr. 

The  counlry  heii...  now  niueh    alarmed"  witli   rmiiors  <,r 
Moody's   l-eiii- out,  oirasi.aied    l.y  (his   little   reneoiitre    the 
mad,  instead   of  l,ei,i,ir  sent    l.y  I'oiiipioii.  as    it  iisaallv' had 
I'cen,  and  wluav  it  was  experled  to  he  niPt  with,  was  now 
sent  hy  tlio  haek  road,  with  a  unard  to  s.^iiir  it.     On  dis- 
••.>vm.m- this,  the  Lieutenant   dispatched  a   trustv  Loyalist 
to  !i  distant  ].art  of  the  province,  with  letters  to  his  friends  • 
iUKl    particularly    directinu-    one    of   tliem,    whose    person' 
li.unre  and  voice  most  resemhled  his  own,  to  pa.s  for  him  hut! 
a  sin.-I..  hour  ;  which  he  readily  did.     Tn  this  friend's  nei^•|,- 
Itourhood  lived  a  pompous  and  important  .Justice  of  a  Peace 
"lin  was  a  cowardly  fellow,  and  of  course    had  heen  cruel' 
At    this    man's    house,  early    in    the    evcninu.    the    person 
•■"'l'l".ved    raised    an   alarm.     The    .Tustiee    came   out,    tiial 
esi.yin-   as  it  wa>   iniende.l    i,o  Hioiild,  a  /all  wan.  his  iears 


n 


,1 


4U 


.VAIiliATIVK. 


II.' 


i-oiiviiiced  him  it  was  Moody  ;  juid  lie  iiistiiiitly  betook  liiiii- 
scir  to  tlie  woods.  Tlic  next  diiy  tin-  miiioiir  wiis  j^ciieriil, 
tliiit,  .Moody  Wiis  ill  that  pnit  (.!'  the  country  ;  mid  the 
militia  WHS  liroiii-'lit  down  iVoiii  the  |tiii't  wlicn-  \u>  really 
was,  to  |iiirsiic  liiiii  wiien.'  he  was  \ut\.  Tiiis  faciliiated  ilii- 
faptin'o  of  the  mui/,  wliicli  lie  waylaid  lor  live  days  licfun; 
the  opportuiiily  pivseiitcd.  This  mail  ('..iitaiiKMl  all  the  dis- 
palciifs  that  wci'c  sent  in  (•oiisc(|iiciice  of  tiio  interview 
iH'tween  (ioiiiTal  W'ashinnton  nml  tiic  (•uiint  Ivoeiiain- 
beiui  (jo)  in  Connocticut.n 

Lieiiteiiaiit  Mo')dy  caused  two  other  mails  to  lie  lakcii 
l»y  the  peojile  under  iiis  direction.     In   one  of  liicse  little 

expeditions   his  l)rothcr  co landed,  a   yoiinu-  man,  whose 

fearless  coui'aue,  in  the  very  teeth  of  daim-er,  he  iiad  Vc- 
Jicatedly  witnessed.  Tho  yoMiii;f'r  ^[oody  succeeded  in  liis 
attempt,  so  far  MS  to  intercept  the  mail;  Init,  after  sei/Jnu,- 
it,  he  was  attacked  by  a  superior  party,  and  two  of  his  men 
were  taken  ;  yet  lie  himself  had  tiic  irood  fortiino  to  escape, 
with  that  part  of  liie  ji.ipcrs  which  was  in  his  own  custody. 
IVnnsylvania  was  the  scene  of  this  enterprise. 

A  tale  far  more  melancholy  than  any  yet  related  comes 
now  to  l)e  told  ;  the  recollection  of  wiiicli  (and  it  is  impos- 
sible he  should  ever  liaxet  it)  will  forever  wrin^-  with  anguish 

(ii)  A  few  (liiys  aft(M'  this  (lonl.  Clinton  lol.i  him.  (Imt  the  lA-tltrs  wero 
of  great  c(uiHt'f|iioncc.  tlui*  tlio  tiiking  of  llicm  was  a  mo.st  iniportuut 
serviDu.  Uut  that  lie  liad  now  doiie  onough;  that  hi;  would  nut  suitor 
him  to  venture  himself  in  any  inoro  of  .such  hazardoiifi  enterprises;  unil 
that  he  wouIJ  take  care  to  proviilc  for  him.  Mr.  .Moody  il.ies  not  doul.t 
liut  that  he  then  intended  it ;  Imt  these  aud  las  other  Intentions  seldom 
lasted  lunger  than  the  da  v. 


VAUKATIVK. 


47 


Hm-  liciirt  o[  the  Writer  (.('  (his  Nn-nitiv.     In  tlic  t.|,.|  ,,r 
OcIoIht  nsi,   .Major  n,.<;k with,  Ai<l  dc  ,'i.in|.  to  (Joncral 
Kiiipliaii.M'ii, (■..,)  ciuiiciiiul  iiilonued  Li<'iilcii!iiit  Moody,  rhnt, 
one   Ac/dison   liiul    IjoL'ii  with   him,  on    n    j.i'oj.rt-   „|'   jiini, 
iiioiiiciit.     It.  WHS   iiothiii.o'  I..SS  tiiiiii  to  brino  oir  the  iii(,>t 
iiii|iortaiit   books  mid  papers  of  Coiin-irss.     This  .\d(hM,ii 
was    an    Eii.tfiishin;.!!,    and     hail    been    cniphiycd    in    suna' 
iiircrioi- dcpai'Iniciit,  iindcr  Mr.  TlaanpsoM,  lia'  Secretary  to 
the  Coniiiess.  (...,)      He  was  then  a  prisoner;  and  llu'  plan 
was,  tliat    iio  siionid   be  imua-diately  e.\ehanj>vd,  return  in 
I  lie  n.Mial  nianner  lo  Piiiiadelphia,  and  there  iv>nnie  iiis  old 
i'nipli>yinrnl.     Tiie  Lieiitenani  was  abiUKlaiilly  earerni,  ami 
even    sernpuions,    in    his    in(|niries    eoiieeriiiiin'    tiie    nuin's 
(•liaraeter  ;  on  wlucli   liead   Major  Beekwitii  expressed   llie 
iMo>t   entire  cnnndence  ;    and  observed,  that  Addison    was 
(■(liially  camions    re>pectin,Lr    tiu'   characters  of   tiaise   wlio 
were  to  attend  liini. 

Tiie  mailer  was  of  importance;  and  Lieutenant  Moody 
was  coniident  tliat,  tliouiih  it  mi-Id  be  dillicnlt  to  perform 
ids  part  of  tlie  business,  yet  it  was  not  impracticable.  He 
resolved,  however,  as  Addison  mii;hi  think  //m  an  object 
worth  betrayhig,  that  he  should  not  ijc  innu'mcd  of  In's  con- 
scntinn-  to  lie  of  the  i)arly.  If  any  otlier  person  did  inform 
iiim  of  it,  he  was,  to  say  the  least,  very  imprndeid.  Tlie 
Lieutenant  jdiched  upon  his  only  brother,  of  whom  s(Mno 
mention  lias  already  been  made,  and  another  faithlnl  .Aincii- 
can  soldier,  for  tiii>  a"dunus  entci'prise.  'I'heir  lirst  instruc- 
tion^  were  lo  wait  (,n  Aihii.son,  and  to  bind  him,  as  they 
tlieni>elves   had  just   been   boimd,   to  mutual   secrecv  and 


I 
IHiI 


);  .(I 


i,fi 


•hi 


(  ■ 


48 


NAHIIATIVP. 


fidelity,  liv  nil  onlh,  wliicli  I  lie  fjciitciiiiiit  Imd  mIwuvs 
ii(liiiiiiistcrril  to  his  ruJldwciN  in  all  liix  e.v|ii'ilitiiiii^,  wlicii  the 
iiii|Mirtiiiic('  (if  tlic  (ilijccf  rcmicrcd  siicli  iiii  iidijitiniial  lie 
iM'Ct'ssarv  ;  niid  wliidi,  ii>  it  clcnrly  shews  the  |iriiii'i|ii»'s  nt' 
liiiiiiiiir  iiiiil  hiiiiiiiiiil y  1)11  wliich  ir  wus  liis  iinii'uriii  pridi'  and 
)»iii'|Misc  t(i  ai't,  lie  Im'li's  ji'iivc  here  to  siilijoiii,  and  it  is  as 
rttliiiw*  ;  viz. 


1, 


"  I,  till'  nndcisifrned  A.B.  do  soloinniy  swear,  mi  tlio  llnly 
Kvanjrt'li>ts  ot'  Aliiii|ility  (Ind,  that  I  will  >taii(i  by  and  ho  tnio 
to  the  iPtTsniis  JoiiK'd  witii  iiic  in  this  t'X|i<'diti(ai.  and  do  ovory 
tiiiiif.'  in  my  pouff  to  ac('<iin[)lish  tho  |ini|ioN»'s  ol' it  :  and  I  ilo 
tiirtiiiT  >ucar.  tliat,  in  caso  of  onr  tai\iii;r  any  pri^oinTs.  I  will 
do  my  iMidoavonr  to  treat  thoiii  as  ui'il  as  onr  situation  will 
admit  of:  and  J  do  fartiicr  -iwear,  tliat.  in  casi'  any  accident 
should  happen  to  me,  and  that  I  should  he  taken,  1  will  not, 
»'ven  to  save  life,  tliseover  or  hetray  any  ])erson  Joined  with 
me,  or  any  Loyalist  who  may  hefrienil  tiswith  any  infoiiiiatioii, 
mlvicc,  or  other  assistance:  and  I  do  farther  swear,  tliat  I  will 
not  injure  nor  destroy  any  [iroperty  e\en  of  a  rehel.  unless  it 
bo  arm-  or  aianiiiiiition.  hiit  faithliilly  pay  the  full  price  of 
aiiytliiiifi  wc  take  fr<im  them,  if  they  refu>e  to  sell  it  ;  and  1 
do  farther  swear,  that  I  will  not  wound  nor  take  away  the  life 
of  any  jiersoii  Avhatever.  unless  they  should  attempt  an  i'sca[)e 
when  in  our  cu-tody.  oi'  it  >liall  otherwise  lie  alisolutely  ueci's- 
sary  for  our  own  defence.      So  liilji  iiir  (l<i(l.'^ 

After  takinii'  this  oath,  a  cerlaiii   minilicr  of  niuiits   was 
afffced   oil    in  which  .\ddisoii  was    to   c.\|icct    llirm  :   and    a 
ccflain  iilace  also  apjiointcd.  w  licie   he  was  to  meet    tiiem 
Tu  Mich  an  aiivetdiirc,  it  was  imno.-sildc  tu  lie  exact  to  aiiv 


m 


m 


NAItH.MlVK. 


411 


time  ;  lull  it  WHS  ajriwd,  (hat  if  iIhv  fiiilcil  (,l  \u'\\vj:  iil  tlic 
pliifu  ill  any  of  tlit-  siurilii.d  i,i»lit>,  lie  sIkmiI.I  no  luiinn' 
('.\|HTt  tliciii  ;  anil  thcv  liirllicr  |iroiiiis(d,  hy  |)ni|u'r  ineans, 
f(»  apprisr  liim,  if  |inssil.Ir,  if  any  nccidciit  ,v|ioiiIil  lirfal 
till  ill,  so  as  riihir  to  .Iday,  or  wiiolly  put  an  (>iii|  to  their 
project. 

Tiiinu-s  beiiiir  thus  settled,  Aihiison  left  New  York  in  due 
forni  and  inanner,  as  was  ucneraily  Mipposed,  in  order  to 
retnni  (o  his  former  friends  and   employment  ;  and,  at  tiie 

proper   time,    Lieiiteinint    ,M ]y  and   his  friends   followed 

liim.  'I'iie  manlier  and  eireiimstanees  of  tii-'ir  march,  it  is 
not  material  nor  proper  here  to  relate  :  snllice  it  to  say, 
that,  on  the  iiiuiit  of  the  7lh  of  Nnvemher,  tiie  fust  in  the 
ord.T  (,f  tho>e  tJKit  liiiil  1|,,,.||  i,|,|,niiile(i,  they  arrived  in  tiu^ 
neiuhl)onrhood  of  Philadelphia,  hiil  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  river.  They  loiiiid  Addison  already  on  the  spot,  wait- 
in->-  for  them,  acecordiiiii'  to  appoinimcnt.  Lieutenant 
Moody  kept  u  little  back,  at  such  a  ilistaiice  as  not  to  liave 
Ids  iK'ison  distinguished,  yet  so  as  to  he  within  hearinu'  ol 
the  e(aiversaiion  thai  pas.sed.  His  brother,  and  JA/r/- Ins 
associate,  on  goiiin'  up  to  Addi-  n,  found  him  apparently 
I'nll  of  conrKleiiee,  and  in  high  spirits;  and  everything 
seemed  to  jiromise  sueeess.  He  L.ld  tliein,  that  their  plot 
was  perl'ectly  ripe  jnr  execuiion  ;  that  he  had  secured  the 
means  of  aihnissioii  into  liie  most  jirivate  recesses  of  the 
State-huuse,  so  that  lie  .should  be  able  the  next  evening  to 
deliver  to  them  the  paper.s  they  were  in  (piest  of.  They,  on 
their  jtarls,  asMired  him,  that  every  necessary  precaution  had 
been  taken  tu  secure  and  expeilite  their  retreat  ;  and  that 


P 


'A 


III 


It 


;  1 


r.o 


NAIiHAl'ni", 


tbi'V  Imd  with  tlicm  a  sure  friend,  \vli()  would  wait  tor  tlicin 
on  tliat,  side  of  iiiu  river,  wlio,  as  well  as  theiuselves,  would 
die  hy  his  side,  rather  than  desert  him,  should  any  disast('r 
befal  them.  He  replied,  tliat  tliey  should  find  him  as  tine 
and  faithl'id  to  them  and  their  cause,  as  they  theiii>elves 
eoiild  jiossihly  ))e.  80011  after  they  crossed  the  river 
together  to  Philadelphia  ;  and  it  is  probable  that,  on  the 
passau'e,  Addison  was  f<n'  the  first  time  informed,  that  this 
friend  was  Lieutenant  Moody.  "Whether  it  was  tliis  dis- 
covery that  put  it  first  into  his  head,  or  whethrr  lie  had  all 
along  intended  it,  jiid  had  already  taken  the  necessary  ])n- 
vious  steps,  the  Lieutenant  cannot  certainly  say  ;  but  he 
assures  himself,  tiiat  every  generous-minded  man  will  l)e 
shoeked  when  he  reads,  that  this  periidiiais  ureteh  hail 
either  sold,  or  was  aliout  to  sell  them  to  tiie  Congress, 

As  the  precise  time  i;i  which  they  should  l)e  alile  to 
execute  their  jilan  could  not  be  ascertained,  it  was  agreed 
that  Lieutenant  bloody  .should  remain  at  the  Ferry-honse, 
op)»osite  to  Phihidelphia,  till  they  returned.  On  going  into 
the  house,  he  told  the  mistress  of  it,  by  a  convenient  ecpiivo- 
<'ation,  that  he  was  an  oflicer  or  the  Jemeij  Brigade,  as  he 
really  was,  though  of  that  Jer.-ey  Brigade  which  was  in  the 
King's  service.  The  woman  understood  him  as  speaking  of 
a  rebel  corps,  which  was  also  called  the  Jersey  Bfig^nle. 
To  avoid  notice,  he  pretended  to  be  indis|)osed  ;  and,  going 
uj)  stairs,  he  threw  himseif  ii[)on  a  bed,  and  here  continued 
to  keep  his  room,  but  always  awake,  and  always  on  the 
watch.  Next  morning,  about  11  o'clock,  he  saw  a  man 
walk  ha>tily  up  to   the  house,  and  overheard   him   tflling 


N.viiHATni:. 


51 


M.iiic  pcisoi,  1„.  „hh  iit  the  door,  iliat  "  there  was  the  devil 
to  pay  ill  I'hihideii.iiiu  ;  that  liiere  iiad  I.eeii  a  plul  U, 
break  into  the  S(ate-hoii,>e,  hut  '■•u  one  of  the  j.artv  h..d 
betrayed  the  others;  that  two  were  ahvady  taiveii  ;  and 
that  a  parly  oj'soloiers  had  jus!  crossed  tlie  river  witli  him, 
to  seize  tiieir  header,  who  was  said  to  he  thereabouts."  The, 
Lieutenant  felt  liiinseif  to  he  too  nearly  iiMerested  in  this 
inteliio'enee,  any  h.nger  to  keep  up  liie  appearance  of  a  sick 
'"""  ;  iuid,  seizin.M-  his  pistols,  lie  instantly  ran  down  stairs, 
and  made  his  escape. 

He  had  not  got  a  hnn  ired  yards  fnaii  I  lie  house  wlien  ho 
saw  tiie  soldiers  entir  il.  A  Miiall  piece  of  wood  lay  beibro 
him,  in  which  he  iioped  al  lea>l  |,)  I,e  out  of  sight  ;"and  lie 
li.'ui  sjirimg  tlie  fence  in  order  to  enter  it.  But  it  was 
already  lined  iiy  a  party  of  liorse,  wilii  a  vi(Mv  of  cutting  olf 
liis  retreat.  Tims  surrounded,  all  hopes  o(  flight  were  in 
vain  ;  and  to  seek  for  a  hiding  place,  in  u  elear,  open  liehl, 
seemed  e(iiiaily  useless.  Drouning  persons  are  said  to  eatcli 
at  straws  ;  with  hardly  a  hope  ,;f  escaping  .so  much  as  a 
moment  longer  undiscovered,  he  threw  himself  flat  on  his 
face  in  a  ditch,  which  yet  seemed  of  all  phics  the  least  cal- 
culated for  concealment,  lor  it  was  witi t  ww,U  or  shrubs, 

and  .so  shallow,  that  a  (piail   juight   he   ?e<i,   in    it.     Once 
more  he  had  reason  to  m.u'alize  on  the  vanity  of  all  human 

contrivance  and  conlidence  ;  yet,  as   Providem rdered  it, 

the  inii.robahility  of  the  place  proved  the  means  of  his 
security.  He  had  lain  there  iait  a  few  minnfes,  when  six  of 
ills  pursuers  passed  within  ten  feet  of  him,  and  very  dili- 
gently examined  a  thickety  part  of  the  ditch  that  was  but  a 


Wii 


! 


-V.VKKAlh  K. 


few  piiccs  from  him.  "Willi  jiis  j.i>t(ils  cockcil,  h,.  kriii  lii> 
eye  consdmlly  on  tluMii,  dctcriiiiiiiii^;-.  timf,  us  soon  as  lie 
siiw  IiimscU'to  he  diseoveml  In  any  one  of  tliom,  lie  wonlii 
instantly  sprino-  ^p^  mid  sell  Fiis  life  as  dearly  as  mi-lit  lie  ; 
iiiul,  ivl'iisinir  U>  lie  lakrii  alive,  prdvoke,  and,  il'  |io»ililc, 
foree  them  to  kill  him.  Oner  or  tuiee  he  thoiioiit  he  saw 
one  uf  the  soldiers  look  at  him,  and  he  was  on  the  jtoint  of 
sliootinu-  the  nam  ;  l.nl  relkrtin.n-  that  jiossilily  thoniih  tlir 
soldier  did  src,  yd  hr  niidit  have  tlie  imnianiiy  not  to 
dhcovcr  liini.  as  in.'  would  lain  hojic  was  ivaliy  the  ease, 
his  lieart  smote  him  for  iiis  rash  resolution;  and  he 
thanks  God  that  lie  was  restiained  from  put  tine  it  in 
exeeulioM. 

From  the  diteh  they  went  all  romid  tlic  adjacent  Held  : 
1111(1,  as  Ljeniciiant  .Moody  sometimes  a  liitlf  raised  up  his 
iiead,  ln' saw  them  liv(im'nt!y  ruimimi'  tlicir  bayonets  into 
some  small  staeks  of  Indian  eorn-foddcr.  This  suu'-ested  to 
liiiii  an  idea,  tiiat  if  he  could  escape  till  iiiu'ht,  a  place  they 
liad  already  explored  would  lie  the  seenresi  shelter  for  liim. 
When  night  eanie,  he  got  into  one  uf  those  stacks.  The 
wind  was  high,  wliieh  prevented  the  nistling  of  the  leaves 
of  the  lotkhT,  as  he  entered,  from  being  heard  by  the  people 
who  were  at  that  time  pa>siiig  dose  by  him  intothe  country, 
in  quest  of  him.  His  jiosilion  in  this  retreat  was  wvy  uii- 
oomfortaide,  lor  he  could  neither  sit  nor  lie  down.  Ii'i  ihi-, 
erect;  posture,  Imwever,  he  rcniiiined  two  i.iglus  and  two 
day.s,  without  a  morsel  of  food,  for  there  was  no  corn  on  the 
stacks,  and,  which  was  inlinilcly  un)re  intolerable,  wUhout 
drink.     Jle  must  not  relate,  I'or  reasons  which  niav  be  easilv 


Uj 


m 


■N'.Uili.MIVK.  ;-,;« 

'"i.'i,ui,H.,|,  ul.nt  l„raiiio  uf  |,in,  in,„K.,lial..ly  afln-  l.i>  ,.,„„ii,- 
""I  "f  'iii-^  iiiKMs.v  j.nsoi,  :  Im,i  h,.  will  v.Mitniv  to  i.ilonn  ihe 
'••-""Irr.  lliMt,  „N  lliriirn,  nidit  ;iri(Tliis,.|u,MM,H-i,i  IVon,  ||„. 

I'VlTV-ll.MJSC,   he  MM1V|„,1  th,.  hnilks  of   lll(.   DrlMUIIlV  till    1,,, 

'""'  <'"\ii'""'l  l^nuiic  i,Tl  ^w•(lluMMilll  IhiiiI.      Iiiln  this 

'"■.i'""in'<i  ;  an,i  havino- w,-iil,.,hi  liMh,.  Iny  lUv  lid.,  of  (loo.l, 

"llM'il    U-;|S    M,.;,r,    il..    |M|sh..l    uli;   ,nu|     rouxl     ;i     .-OILsKhTllhlt' 

WMvnp  ih,.  rivLT.  (')  Duni.n.  ihis  vu.vmuv  he  w;,s  srvrnil 
tinirs  n.r..sl,.|  !,v  ,,,.,,,,1,;  ,,,1  ili,.  hmkt;  IuiI,  hMviii- olin, 
'■'"""'  ""'l"'''.'!!!  nr,,i,ili„-„nMli.ai-h.ss:,ir.  hc.iMh.MV.Miro.] 
<"  "iisw.T  iii,.|i,  in  III,.],-  „u„  ,v;iv  ;  ;in,|  ivculh'cliiio'  some  of 

tlu'  less    l.nh>he(l    phlMSrs    ul'    I  he    u,.,,,  |,,„|,,„   ,,|'    ,|„,    ,,,,,._   ,,,, 

used  them  pretty  liixTMliy  ;  um\  tiius  un<  .suli;.rr,l  (,,  ,',j,ss 
oil  iiiis„s,H.rted.  In  du,.  lime  l,e  h.||  i,is  I,,,,,  ;  ,,|„|,  relyini.- 
""  !'"•  ••li'l  <'!■  I-nynliMs,  some  of  whoiu  lie  i<iieu-  weiv  eve^"- 
whciv  t.)  !„■  IuiiihI,  lie  Hei:t  iiiio  ,•,  ,,,ni  „r  thceoiiMli'v  least 
l<M"Wii  l<,  hmi,  mikI  liu.  i,,,sl  likrly  \\,v  Inin  i„  have  tlmu-hr 
ul';  iiinl  ill  leiiulh,  alie,'  iijaiiv  eireiiiloiis  iiJMivlies.  nil  in  (he 
"i.u'lif,  ami  thrniiuh  iiathless  e.uifses,  in  ahoiit  live  .lavs,  he 
uii.'e  mure  arrival  saf.'  in  X,.\v  V,)rk. 

Ail  (h.'s,.  ,.|r.wis  Inr  lile  uere  <li.ialr.|,  it  w.iiil.l  s.Mmi, 
'•illi''i'  l»y  iiislinet  Ihaii  ivas.Mi  ;  lor,  .HviijaV.I  as  his  mimi 
lia.l  Ihvm  with  his  „u„  .hniHvr,  an.l  his  .,un  siillVTiiius,  |„. 
<Mii  truly  >ay,  his  n|.,.at,.>i  umaMiicss  was  ,.11  a.r.Mnil  .il'  his 
'"■'"''I'''.  Tiuav  wa^  not  a  ray  ..f  hup,.  Hiat  lie  .-Mnl.!  ..s.'apc, 
"ii'l  l''.-.S  irpn»il,l,.,  ihat    he  would   1,,.  par.lnn.Ml.      ||,.  was 

<"'*  ""  ■"" 'I'  '"  l'liila,l,.I|,hi.  :  Tin.  |,lnr,.  (y,„n  ul,i.li  In-  |,„rs,„.,s 

fii'st  Sill,.  Mill  ill  s..inr)i  „ri,im  ;  i.i,,!  «lii,;h  Ih.  .■uncl,i,|,M|  w,,„l,l  ihrn.lun. 
Ill'  th..  liist  in  whicli  thi'.v  wmild  In,,],  (•,„■  iiim. 


fvi 


'  -f 


'/^l 


'i 


54 


\.U!i:ative 


(lie  son  ofliis  old  i,ov  to  ii  must  wortliy  mid  bcduvcd  tliiiicr, 
who  luid  hiiiiscdf  bfi^n  a  soldi,.,',  mid  uiio  lovvd  mid  hoiKMiivd 


tin.'  profession.     Indfod  iio  w 


iis  rcmaikahle  lor  tlic  sweet 


IS  a  iiiosi  aiiiialiif  young  man 


ness  ot  his  di>j)osition  as  for  liis 


uiidauiile<l    iiitivpidity.      Mxeellent  youth  !     Kvery  feelii 


lieai-t  will   loru-ivc   the   t 
memory,  l)y  tliv  sorrowii 


ear  \v 


IIJIIUIII 


whieli,  a.' 


iiiious  death,  in  the  ii3d  year  of  his  age  ;  t, 


liieli  is   now  diopped   lo  thy 

)rother  !     lie  jierislied  hy  an 

le  news  of 


may  naturally  be  supposed,  well  nigh  brought  tl 


le 


grey  luurs  of  a  veiieral)le  fatl 


It  did  not  ii 


ler  with  s(nTow  to  the  urave. 


liira, 


Kleed  mmiediately  cost  him  his  life,  but  it  cost 


what  IS  mure  valuable — his  r 


easoii 


Ilis  fello\v-])risoner 


(...,) 


as  also  senteneed  to  deull 


l)ut,  on 


maknig   some   pretended    discover 


es,   of    no   consideraljh 


moment,  lie  was  reprieved.     Lieutenant  Moody  is  sensible  it 
e(aitains  no  mforniation  that  can  interest  tl 


as  he  preserves  it  as  a  precious 
<'very  man  who  is  a  l)rotlier  will  f 
tract  or  two  (rum  his  brotl 


le  reader  ;  yet, 
relic,  he  jjcrsuades  himself 
brgive  his  in-ertiug  an  e.\- 


12,  nsi.  I 


ei's  last  Icttei',  dated  Xovembc 


I'oni  ihe  ^Vtvc  (,'a,,/  I) 


ittiiu'i. 


II,  Plidaddplua. 


'Dear  broth 


Let 


the  fate  of 


me  intreat  you  not  (o  grieve  at  mv  f 


my  brother-soldier.    Bet 


itc,  and 


wc  depended  ri 


with,  wc  won.  tak 


rayed  bv  tin.,  i 


nan  on  whom 


1  execiiti..  the  plan   proposed   by  Cai,tain  lieek- 
■  en  up  as  ..pit.y  ,•  and  hav-  been  tried  and  con- 


demned, and  iire  to  die  to  marrow.     I 


a>  r  do.  and  J. 


•inrelice    .M; 


I'l'ay  you  to  forgive  hi 


m, 


f. 


I'given  bv  (iiir  \faki 


as  Creel  \ 


I'.     ( >iie  more  reqnot  I  I 


we   iiupe   to   bo 
lave  to  make  t.> 


M 


NAliliATlVH. 


55 


you  IS.  that,  taki.i-  n-aniiiii,'  bv  my  fnh'.  yoii  will  „„t  horoafter 
so  often  venture  yourself  out  of  the  British  lines.  I  an.  in 
irons;  but,  thanks  to  the  Almighty.  I  still  have  tlie  liberty  of 
thought  an.1  speeeh.  O !  nniy  I  make  a  goo.l  use  . .  then,,  and 
be  prei.areci,  as  I  ought  to  l,.e,  for  eternity  I  Sentence  has  „ot 
been  passed  on  us  above  two  hours,  all  whieh  time  T  have 
employed  in  prayer,  as  I  will  eontinue  to  do  to  the  last 
■nonient;  and.  I  bless  (iod,  I  tVel  .,uite  cheerfnl  .'•' 

Liontenant  Moo.ly  nuiuot  in  justie,.  close   this  plain  and 
"'•tless  narrative,  already  sjuin  out  to  too  great  a  len-.th 
without  hearmg  his  public  testimony,  feeble  as  it  mav  be   in' 
favour  ut;  and  returning  his  thanks,  as  ho  now  most  c'ur- 
'l>ailv  does,  to  tho>e  brave,  loyal  Aniencans,  whom,  tliou-1, 
"1  the    ranks  only,  he  shall    always    think   it   the   c-reatest 
In.nonr  of  his  life  to  liave  comnianded  in  these  expeditions 
llioy  were,  in  gvueral,  men  of  some  i.r,.pertv;  and,  without 
a  single  exeeption,  men  of  principle.    They  fought  for  what 
appeared  to  be  the  true  interest  of  their  eounti'v  as  well  ns 
to  regain  their  little  plantations,  an.l  to  live  in  peace  iin.ler 
a  constitution,  whicl.  they  knew  bv  experieiH^e  to  be  aus- 
I'leiuns  to  their  happiiM'ss.     Their  conduet  in  their  new  ,.ro. 
A'ssion,  as  soldi.'rs,  verilies  iheir  ..haracter  ;  tliey  have  been 
brav..,  and    they   have   been    humane.     Tlu^ir   honestv  and 
iionour   have  been    uniformly  eouspicuoiis.     It  was   a  lirst 
ITineipIe,  in  all  their  excursions,  never  to  make  war  ao.ain.t 
l"''^'"''  I'l'oporty;   and  this  has  been  ivlin-iouslv  observed 
Nmie  striking  instances  ul'  their  forbearance  miyht  be  "-iveii 
If  necessary,  even  when  they  have  been  provoked  to  retaliate 
'•y  ])nvale  wreiigs  and  personal  iiisiilis. 


h  }| 


S 


I ' 


iU) 


NAUIJAIIVK. 


And     hclV     it     oiln-ht     t,,     1,|.     liiL.lltioiK'd,     with    tJlO    IlllllOSt 

yratitiulu  Mh(i  piciisiii-c,  tliMl,  tlioiiuli  Mr.  Moody,  in  tlio 
"•oni'su  of  liis  advcntuirs,  was  ofti'ii  obliu-cd  to  jjiit  Ins  lift; 
iiit.j  the  Lands  of  tiic  J;oyalists,  in  dillbmit  parts  oC  thi- 
••onnlry.  lie  nwvv  wms  disappointed  or  deceived  i)y  any  of 
them,  in  the  year  1777,  he  eonliinied  anion-'  tiieiu  more 
'li"i'  'lii'<'e  iiioniiis  at  a  time,  and  near  as  long  in  1778. 
lie  knew  their  ehaiMetcrs,  an.l  .•nnld  safely  eonfide  in  tlieni. 
They  were  men  of  sneh  inlle.xihle  atlaehnient  to  Uovormnent, 
that  no  temptations  eoiild  iiidnee  tliem  to  hotray  tlieir  trust'. 

'^"''""'.^'' 'I'y  "'■  l'i''iH  "-i-iv  re(hieed   to   indiu'enee  and  (lis- 

tre.-s,  and  tiiey  knew  that  almo.4  any  price  mi--lit  i.e  obtainc.i 
for  giving  up  so  obnoxious  a  person,  yet  they  were  so  far 
fnmi  betraying  iiim,  that  tliey  often  ran -reat  iiazards  in 
li-ivin-  liim  assistance.  Surely  .sncii  merit  as  this  is  worlliv 
of  esteem  and  admiration  ;  and  it  i-,  lunnbly  iioped,  that  tlie 
many  thousands  in  the  colonies  wlio  pussess  it,  will  not  be 
deserted  by  Government,  and  eonsiuned  over  to  ruin  and 
wretehediiess,  without  an  absoliife  iicccssi/i/. 

It  is  with  the  utmost  concern  Mr.  Mooily  has  heard  of 
tiie  doubts  and  debates  that  iiave  been  a-italed  in  England 
concerning  the  nuudjcr  and  the  zeal  of  tlie  Loyalists  in 
America.  It  miu'ht  lie  nncharilalile,  and  possibiv  unjiist, 
to  say,  liiat  cxeryiuan  who  Jnis  entertained  such  doubts, 
has  some  sinister  purposes  to  serve  by  them  :  but  it  would 
be  blindne-s  in  the  extreme  not  to  see,  that  they  were  lirst 
i-aised  by  men  who  had  otiier  objeeis  at  heart  than  the 
inierrsts  of  tlieir  country.  Men  who  jiave  performed  their 
..wn  duly  hrbly  or  falsely,  naturally  fCek   to  e.\eu.<e  tiiem- 


1 

I 
/ii 


N'AliliATlVi:. 


M'lves  l.y  tl,.wi„jr  tl,c  l,l.,n,.  uj,„n  otluT..  I,  „..,„|,|  ji, 
become  an  ub.,..uv  iiMlivuhu,!  i..  ui„n„le  his  u,,i„i„n  „,„„. 
"tl'ors;  1..U  nny  l,o„(.st  uum  nunj,  aiul  whcu  he  thinks  it 
w.-ild  xTve  his  ,,..,nntry,  ./..,/,/  ,,,,„,  ,,|„f  ,„.  ,,,,^  ^^^,, 
llie_"Ti(c.r(.l',|,isn;,m,Iiv,:h„s  ahe.,ly  disdaime-l  nil  .m- 
onsions  to  any  extnionlin.ry  .1,.,,.  ul'  poliii,,,!   sn..antv  • 

„V''  '"""""' '  ^^'"^^-l'^"  «•"',  .00,  and   ho   oan  h..;,,-' 

liolia.siK.,1  more  upportunitios  than  niu.t   mo '  sooi 

"'"  '^arin^  the  truo  .lato  orh.yallyin  the  mddic  ^.A.^n.Z 
"•"1  luMnost  solemnly  deehuv.s  it  tu  be  his  uphhun,  tliat  a 
ve.T  great  majority  of  the  ponph.  there  a, v  at,  thi>  lin.o 
loyal,  ami  wonld  .stiii  do  an.l  snllor  ahnust  anvihi,,...  n.ihor 
tlK.un.ni.inumior  the  tyranny  of  thoirj.rosontfalors.     L,t 

butthe  war  ho  nndortaia.u  and  oondnelod  on  some  ;,/..  and 
w.t  ,  some  spirit  ;  lot   but  oonunandors   bo  eraplovod  \vho 

wd  oneonrage  tiieir  sorvieos,  and  leave  them  un.hT  no  an- 
proheuMons  of  l,oin,u-  deserted  and  botraved  ;  and  then  if 
tl'L'V  do  not  exorl  thon,>elvos,  and  vorv  ed'ootnallv  lot 
every  advocate  they  have  had,  or  may  have,  ho  roprohatod 
nsaloolora  knave,  or  both  tooother-and  lot  the  Vmo- 
neans  euntnn.e  to  fool  the  worst  pnnishment  their  worst 
enennes  can  wish  Ihom-nominal  indepondonov.  but  roal 
slavery. 

Perhaps  the  honest  in.li,o,,aiion  of  the  Writer  mav  have 
earned  him  too  lar  ;  but  on  sneh  a  sul.joot,  who,  in  )ns  oir- 
cumstancos,  oonld  spoak  coolly,  and  with  anv  tempor?  That, 
IH'  speak-,,  only  what  he  really  thinks  no  man,  who  is 
acquau.ted  with  him.  will  donbi  ;  and  if,  after  all  h..  i. 
iiH.lakon.  h,.  orrs  with  n.oro  and  hotter  opportunitio,.  of  hoin<.- 


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right,  llniii  alinnsl  un.v  mlier  person  Ims  cvlt  liad.  11. •  lia^ 
givoii  the  strongest  i)r(Hits  ot'liis  sinccriiy  ;  lie  iias  sacrirunl 
his  all  ;  and,  liltlu  as  it  may  Im.  thoiiglit  Ijy  others,  il  was 
fiioiigh  tor  him,  and  lie  was  eoiileiited  with  it.  lie  nia(l(> 
tills  saeriliee,  Ixraiise  lie  sincerely  Ijeiievetl  wlial  lie  deehiivs 
and  prol'esses.  If  the  same  were  to  do  over  again,  he  wmild 
again  as  eheerf'iiily  make  the  same  saeriliee.  lie  Irnsis, 
therefore,  it  will  not  he  deemed  iu'esiimptiioiis  in  him  to  say, 
tliat  he  eaimot  (h'eeiitly  be  eontradieted  in  these  mutieis 
by  any  man,  who  lias  neither  had  such  opportiiiiilies  of 
inforiniiig  his  judgment,  nor  given  .siieh  nneqiiivoeiil  proofs 
of  his  sineerity.  Tlu;  Writer  has  certainly  no  bye-ends  to 
serve  ;  he  is  not  an  ambitions  man,  nor  avaricious.  The 
profession  of  arms  is  foreign  from  tiic  habits  of  one  who  has 
lived,  and  wishes  only  to  live,  in  (piiet,  under  his  own  vine 
and  his  own  lig-tree  ;  and  he  eaii  truly  say,  that,  if  his 
Sovereign  should  be  graciously  jilea.^ed  to  confer  on  him 
the  highest  militarv  lumours,  he  would  most  uladlv  forco 
them  all  to  be  once  more  re-iiistatod  .hi  his  own  farm,  with 
his  wife  and  children  around  him,  as  he  was   seven    veais 


lie  has  hitherto  received  but  a  very  trifling  compeiisation' 


*  During  tlio  lii'st  yaw  lie  ^.el•v(■(l  for  nuthiiig,  not  huving  tlie  lou.st 
tliouglit  of  liecoining  a  soldier,  or  tlui  least  doubt  of  General  Howe's 
suppressing  tlio  rebellion  long  before  the  end  of  it.  In  the  .seeond,  third 
and  fourth,  he  received  pay  as  Ensign:  and  in  the  lifth,  as  Liciitonant. 
Beside  his  pay,  upon  his  taking  the  lirst  mail,  lie  received  one  humlred 
guineas,  which  he  divided  e(|ually  with  his  three  as-ociates.  lTp,,n  his 
taking  the  second  mail,  he  received  two  hundred  guiuea.s,  one  hundred 


NAUIIAin  [', 


f)!) 


for  liis  MTviccs  Mini  Mlll('lilii;s  ;  iilnl  lie  looks  I'of  lio  iiioru 
tlitiu  will  (Vcc  him  rnnu  imliuTiicc,  iiml  I'lmlilo  liiiii  more 
efrcctmilly  tn  serve  liis  eoiiiitry.  In  eiilistiiiL:' iiiid  \M\\u'i 
iiu'ii  for  luihlic  scrvicos,  lie  has  cxiieiideil  what  wa«  saved 
iroin  llie  wreek  of  Ids  own  forlniie  to  a  conslderalde 
iiniount,  iihd  he  was  redneed  to  the  neci  ssity  of  liorrowiuf,' 
from  those,  whose  better  (•irenn)>tiinees  enal)led  tlieni,  and 
whose  generons  >iiirits  disponed  ilieni,  to  haziinl  sonietliinu,- 
ill  the  eau>e  of  their  (.'onnlry.  This  nuiy  he  called 
etilliusinsm;  he  ii  so.— Mr.  Moody  will  not  ooiieea!  his 
wish,  that  liie  world  abounded  with  such  cnthusia>ts.  Not 
his  fortune  only,  bnl  his  ciiii>ti(ulion,  ha>  lieeu  uivaily 
iniiiaired  by  the  exertions  he  iias  made.  His  physicians 
recommended  a  .<ea-voya,uv,  a  chanu'c  of  air,  and  a  I'ojtitc 
of  iii.s  fatiu'iie.s  and  anxiety  of  mind,  as  the  oidy  romedies 
left  iiini  ;  and  the  lale  Conunaudcr  in  Chief,  Sir  lleni'v 
Clinton,  (_2.j  was  pleased  to  .second  their  recomniendaiion, 
by  politely  inviiin.u;  hiiu  to  Kn,L;iand.  He  acknowledges, 
with  ,ui':itilude,  that  lliei'-  kind  intentions  with  reo-ard  to  his 
health  have  not  been  wholly  I'riisti'ated.  He  trusts  lie 
shall  soon  be  able,  and  he  would  I'cjoice  to  be  callcfl 
by  the  se.rrke,  to  return  to  Ann  rica.  lie  would  go  wiih 
recruited   spirits,  and    unabated    aniour  ;   for,  rather   li.an 


of  wliich  was  liir  liimsulf.  .\ii(i  li'iis  was  tlit-  wluilc  of  \slial  lie  ov.t 
reci;i\c(l— c.Ncupt  lliiitygiiiiicas  iiUvanrpd  Kj  liirii  liy Gfiieral  nobfrlMiii, 
in  onlcr  to  tit  liiin  dut  for  tlio  oApodifion  for  tlie  taking  of  (Jovfriior 
Livingston.  Ho  doi-s  not  mention  twenty  two  ^oiineas  he  lia.s  received 
liere  in  l';nglaiid.  l)eeanso  lliat  was  merely  to  i)a\  a  bill  of  rluufres 
incurred  in  one  of  liis  expeditions. 


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NAItli.MIV  K. 


11 


outlive  (lie  irci'doiii  of  liis  uoiiiitry,  it  is  liis  rcsdliiliini,  with 
Kiiiu'  ^Vil!i;llll  (if  uiorioiis  hiciikut,  even  /  ilic  in  the 
last  dllch. 


.IA.Mi:S  MOODV 


W'arthnii-slrci't,  No,  07. 
.Vyc.  1782. 


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A  PPEXJ)  IX 


The  foll,i\viiiL'  Ci  rf Illicit,. %  srlectcil  iVum  n  uTcat  nuinlKT  of 
otiic'is  ill  (lie  Atilhor"-.  I'osscs>i()ii,  aiv  iuvmiiucmI  Io  be  siillicii'iit, 
to  o^tiiblisli  tla'  truth  of  liis  Adrivfhr. 


-\u.  1. 

TlioKvciits  fcliitcd  in  tlic  Injldwini:'  Xarrulivc  ai't'  sn  vci'v 
oxli'iinnliiiiii'y,  tlial  many  (icnilciiicii,  wiio  arc  uiui('(iiiaint((l 
with  tlic  coiiiitry,  and  witl,  tlic  scvcfal  ciiviiin^lanci's,  luiglil 
(loiilit  (illlic  ti'iilii  III'  thcin.  i  liiiiik  it  tiid'cfdiv  a  iiicce  ut' 
justice  (iiir  til  till'  iiiiM'it  111'  Mv.  .MiHiily's  sri'vii'i's.  to  ilci'hin', 
tiiat  I  iiciii'Vc  this  Xarrativc  tn  h,'  a  tnn;  aiTniinl  i-f  liis 
proci'cdiiigs. 

\VM.   I'I!.\M;L[N,(..) 

hitl'  (iiiVrriinr  111'  XfW  .Icl'M'V, 


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.wrr.sinx. 


S:>.  II. 


\m 


T  do  lici'..I,y  (•(.rliiy,  lliiil    ".Mr.  James  M l_v  came  Avitliiir 

tlic  P>ritisli  lilies  in  A|iril  U'T,  nnd  lirong-ln  in  witli  liiiii 
tipu-nrd--  nf  seventy  men,  mII  of  wlioni,  except  fonr,  enlored 
into  inv  liri^nile  :  'I'liat  in  June  fnliowinu',  lie  was  >ent  into 
tlie  reliel  eoiintnv  for  the  i.iirjx.so  of  enlistiim'  men  for  lii.s 
Majesty's  service,  witli  orders  to  eontiime  lliere  nntii  a 
fnvoiirahle  op])ortnnity  oflered  for  liiiii  to  disarm  the  rebels, 
and  arip  the  h)ynli^ts,  and,  with  what  men  ho  eouM  eollee!, 
to  join  the  Ifoyal  army;  liut  lie  was  prevented  from  puttiiiir 
tliat  jihin  into  ex.cntion,  hy  onr  army's  tal^inu- a  (h'lTerent 
route  from  what  was  e.\prel(d  :  That  Mr.  Moody,  lieiiij;- 
thus  disappointed,  assisted  by  two  u\'  his  neidihoiirs,  .soon 
after  embodied  about  an  hundivd  men,  with  wlioni  lie 
attempted  In  join  llie  F)ritish  army,  but  was  nnsiiece.v>.ful  ; 
'I'iiat  afterwards  lie  made  two  siiece>sfnl  exeiirsions  into  the 
rebel  country,  ami  broiiuin  with  him  from  Sussex  Count v 
alioiit  sixty  able-boda-.l  rccruiis,  nearly  all  of  whom  entered 
into  my  biipnle  :  That,  after  this  time,  he  made  maay  trijis 
into  New  Jei-M'y  and  I'eim-ylvania,  and  liroiiuhi  jn  with 
him  many  good  nii'ii,  and  .uaincd  many  articles  of  impoitaiiL 

intelligence,  concerning  the   movements  of  Col 1  Bnilcr, 

tiic  real  slate  of  the  ivbcl  cr.uniry,  the  siliiatioii  and  con- 
(iition  nf  the  rebel  armies  under  the  eonimaiid  of  iheir 
(ieiiei'aN  \\'a--hing1on,  Siillisan.  .Vc.:  And,  tli;it  while  Mr. 
.Moody  was  under  my  imniidiatc  direction,  he  also  dcstroveil 
a  ci'iiMiieralile  magazine  uf  stores  near  Black  I'oiiit,  takin- 


AI'I'KMUX, 


63 


iK^ .  !i 


prisonors  two  Colnnols,  nno  Mnjnr,  mid  soTcnil  otlior  ofliccis, 
niul  hrokc  oiicu  the  Sussex  Coiiiitx  jnil,  rcscuinj;-  u  iiuiiiher 
of  loyalists  tlial  were  iiiiiiriM)Mi(l  in  it,  0:10  of  wliom  was 
under  st'iitencc  of  deiiiii  :  boides  iierfuniiiiig  mail}'  u'her 
iuijxiruiiit  services. 

I  ilo  also  eerlify,  tiiat,  in  the  niuiilii  of  October  1777,  ino 
said  Mr.  Moody  was  iinislered  as  an  Knsiiiii,  bnt  received 
no  pay  as  sneh  till  April  177«  :  Tliat  he  coniinned  his  ex- 
ertions under  my  direction  till  1  7S0,  about  which  lime  he 
was  taken  tV-ui  the  reuinient.  which  prevented  his  l)ciii<'- 
ajipoinled  to  a  company  in  ii,  as  it  wa^  in  pMieral  bi  iieved 
the  Commander  in  Cliief  intended  doinn-  someijiinu'  itctter 
for  him  :  That  i  have  every  reason  to  ix-iieve  Mr.  Moody 

received    notlnnii'  from  ,i:ovcr nt    to  reward    iiim  (or  his 

e.N'traoi'dinary  sei'vices,  or  to  indcnnufy  liini  for  his  extra- 
ordinary expences,  till  1780:  That  from  the  time  of  his 
joining  the  army  in  April  1777,  till  his  departure  for  Kurope 
in  May  17S:>,  he  did.  upon  every  occasion,  exei't,  himself 
with  the  ulnmst  zeal  in  support  of  his  iMajcstv's  cause  in 
America  :  And,  on  the  whole,  that  1  believe  all  that  is 
reialed  in  ids  printed   Narrative  to  be  true,  without  oxmx- 


fi\ 


J-,; 


1-iMidoii,  Jaimary  3()ih,  I'So. 

COIlTI.AMi  ^^KIX.NEH,  /.„, 

liri.ur.  (leneral,  A:c. 


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Al'l'KNhlX. 


.\o.  iir. 


Tdo  lierohy  certify,  fluit  (lurino.  tlic  limn  I  was  Coiii- 
niaiHlaiit  of  Now  Yorl<,  Mr.  ,I„ues  Moody  went  sundry 
times  into  tlie  reltei  eonntry,  to  gain  iutcliiuence  of  tlie 
Rtuitiou  and  eircinnstaneesof  ti.e  rebels  :  Tliat  at  one  time 
iie  wa^  al.srni  luv  weei<s  in  different  parts  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Xew  Jei'sey  ;  and  hronglit  authentic  and  full  informa- 
tion of  the  situation  and  res,..nn'es  of  the  several  detaeh- 
nicnls  „f  the  rebel  army  under  tlio  eomnn.nd  of  the  Generals 
Wavhino-ton  and  Gates,  in  the  yar  ITT'.I,  an,l  the  prospect 
the  rel..ls  had  at  that  lime  of  pPTurin-  a  luan  Irom 
France. 

TImt  in  eacli  of  his  excursions  lie  (ii.tained,  and  re-ularly 
reported  to  me,  very  accurate  information  of  the  re))el 
country,  and  ai)peared  to  Ik-  very  zealous  and  attentive  in 
promoting  his  .Alajesty's  service  ;  and  from  the  knowledo-c  I 
have  ol'  Ids 


services  and  sufferings,  I  c, 


iinnot  but  reconnucnd 


liiiii  as  a  person  ulio  merits  encouragement   and   support 
from  liie  ISritisli  (iovei'iinient. 


J  AS.    rATTISON,(..) 

Major  General. 


4i'' 


AJ'l'KVniX. 


65 


Xo.  IV. 

Xfw  York,  May  lltli,  n82. 
Lieutenant  James  Mmuly,  of  tliu  lirst  batalliui.  nf  Bn»'a- 
dior  (ieneral  ykiuner's  Ungade  of  IVoviiu-ial  troops,  liavhig- 
ai)i)lie(l  to  me  fur  a  Certificate  of  some  partieular  service! 
\vl:ieli  III!  lias  rendered  in  America  ;  and  wl.ieli,  from  tlieir 
Imving  been  attempted  and   in  a  great   measure  exeeiit...] 
dm-ing  General  Knyplaln.^en's  liaving  tlie  command  witliin 
tljis  district,  I  feel  niucli  sati>faction  in  complyino-  with  the 
request  uf  this  Gentleman,  and  in  expressing  that  Lieutenant 
Moody,  in  two  instances  in  particular,  conducted  two  small 
parties,  one  to  Jersey  and  the  other  to  Pijiladelphia,  with 
much  personal  risk,  great  si>irit,  and  good  conduct  :  and  I 
ever  found  him  desirous  of  manifest ing  his  zeal  for  the  good 
of  the  King's  service. 

GEO.  BECKWITII,  ( -) 

.Afajor  ill  the  Army, 
Aid-de-Camp  to  In's  Excellency, 

Genera!  ICnvubausen, 


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Nuw  York,  Miiy  lOtli,  1782. 
By  serving  in  (liffcrciit  public  doi)artin(,Mit.s  in  t,!ie  army  in 
Nortii  Amurica,  inuler  tiie  conunund  of  liis  Kx-rlloncy  Sir 
Henry  Clinton,    I    Inive   luul  opiiortimities  of  knowing-  of 
several  military  exploits,  very  essential  and  contributory  to 
bis  Majesty's  service,  being  performed  by  Lieutenant  James 
Moody,  of  the  Provincial  corj)s,  called  the  First  Batallion 
of  New  Jersey  Volunteers,  in  tlie  execution  of  wliicli,  lie 
not  only  underwent  the  most  severe  hardships,  but  encoun- 
tered almost  every  possible  risque  of  his  life,  as  well  from 
these  hardships  (whicli  naturally  affected  his  constitution), 
as  from  the  enemy.     He  liowever  persevered,  in  denance  of 
every  obstacic,   with   such   an   ardour   and    resolution,   as 
plainly  evinced  an  uncommon  zeal  and  attachment  to'  his 
King  and  Country. 

STEP.  P.  AD  YE, 

D.  Judge  Advocate. 


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X...  VI. 


^•■"-  V.irk,   Nth  Mav  1  "SO. 

I,   tho  Sul^riber,  ,lu  linvby  crtify,   Tli.t  sl.urllv  at„.r 

Alajor  (i..M.n.l  I'aUi.son  was  appointed  Con„..aada.,l  ..V  X.u- 

Vork,a,ul  I  was   ..niployo.l   as   Ins   S.nHary,   IJeutenant 

.Ian.c.,sMoo.|y,ur,he    F,,.,    Ha.allio,,,    New  .Jors.y  Volnn- 

tec.^sJnn.n,•  ,vf„n,.d  fVun,  ,1a..  c.,.„ut,,-   wluMV  lu,  Im.i  h,...,, 
e..ga;.e,l    iu  ,.ol|,..,i„.  iMU.|Iijr..n.r,   ^,...   .,.,„,,,,,   ,f    „ 

ommandant's  Offi,..,  and  c.o,„uu,Mi..a.,.d   >o  „,.,  fo,.  ,1..  i 


toriiiaii 


i'""i'  "MJ(..„.nd  I'uttisoi,,  a  varictv  ..f  a,.,-. 


M- 

ouiits  ri'lii- 
>t'l    army,  Sic.  wliicli  I  lai,i 


live   f(.   tlic  sitiiatjoi    ,,('  flic   iv\ 
l'<'f"iv  the  (Jciicrai. 

^Von,  tlHs  ,i„H.  an  intiM.ary  ,.o,una.,,ml  iH.twm.as  ;  and 
Mr.  M..udy  afterwards,  previonsly  and  ..unlidenliallv  ....n- 
su  ted  me  .a,  the  praetical.ili,y  of  several  excnrsim.s,  lie 
M'f-n.led  ,..  nnda.   in  the  rebel  country  ;  and   parti..niarlv 

^vi'lM'espeettolM-s  intention   to  make  Oovrnor  I.ivi ..on 

"'"''"""■'■■     ^'^■"•i" J^l'i^"'-i'-feashtoearrvint,rexe 

;■""""  ^:"'«^"''"i'''  '•  -rviee,  1  oli;.red  to  snppi;  hin,  wi, „ 
•»n,ty-f,ve^nineas  tor  ,1ns  p„rp„se,  and  ,o  l.e  his  seenritv 
'"■"^  '""•'•"^^- •■"  '■""■'•'■>,  a  hn^oer  snn,,  it  beinu' out  of  .nN- 
l'-wn- to  adva,H.e  moiv  ;  l,nl  iH.in.  snpplied  with  monev  I.;- 
IMS   I'A-eelieney  Lieutenant  (Jeneral    Hoiiertson  (■.)   |,e'w,s 

;:"f' '^''   ^-^  ='^   ""f    "ifl t   iHv   assistane...     M,..  M,,,,,,,-. 

";'"'^ '"  ^'''^  "" 1"""  — in,., of  i,isp,n,vl,ein. 

^;'^"'V     •■"■''''■' ""^''•-  '"^■i''^>'"n(:,.,oiM.ov,.;,.dMr 

M--'lv>l..in.-„n,,,„„k,l,.:,iarn,    an,ln,i.edtlH.eonnt,-v^ 


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;iii(l  Willi  iliiliciilty  Mr.  MiHiily  cscnpoil  fulliiiL,'  iiilo  his 
1i:iii(In  :  liut  was  iil'ici  wards  iinrnrliinalcly  taken  liy  a  parly 
ol'  I'clicjs.  and  ciirricd  to  tlio  iirovost-u'iiard  at  Mr.  Wasli- 
inM-lon's  Head  (Jiiarlcrs,  where  he  was  e(iii}iiiod,  and  {'mm 
wlienee  JM'  made  liis  escape,  and  ictiirned  U>  Xew  Vnii<. 

•^''■-  -^I I\  id'lerwiirds  iiia(h'  variniis  exenrsions  into  tlie 

<''Mintry,  and  many  miles  withuiii  ihe  Mritisli  lines;  look 
>:  voral  rcliel  mails,  containinu'  intellie-enfe  of  otom'  import- 
iineo,  and  hroii^i  t  them  safe  to  New  York.  In  these  ex- 
cursions he  rMiiiiTeal  riscpies  of  Calh!!';' into  the  hands  nl'tho 
rel)eN,  and  his  ieallli  was  mneh  exposed  Cnim  Ivini;'  manv 
ii'u'lds  and  days  in  woods  and  swanii)S  i,i  avoid  a  discovery. 
Ill  these  excursions,  Mr.  .Mondv  diM'en'ar(h'd  either  tho 
scasdiis,  tlie  l'alii),'iie,    ,i    I'le  risfpies   he  run. 

And  on  the  whole  of  his  coinhict.  I  jiave  every  reascai  to 
iieiieve  him  entirely  disiutereslcd.  anil  actuated  only  hy  that 
zeal  for  his  ^fajesty's  sei'vice  which  he  has  on  everv  occasion 
,.\hii.;;-d— From  .Mr.  Mooily's  declaration,  and  other  evi- 

<lcnce,  I  have  everv  rea<on  t,,   hcjieve,    that    tin nipensa- 

tinns  he  has  from  time  to  time  received,  were  liv  n<i  menns. 
:r!e(|nate  lo  ihe  expcnces  incurred  nn  these  occasions.  .And 
I  know  that  Mr.  Mnody  has,  at  his  dwii  exjience  and  credit, 

snpi'orted    those,  whose    health    I'r n  parlieipatiun  of  toil 

;;:id  1,-iliune  with  him.  en  these  exeni'Mun-.  have  liei  n  im- 
p  !ir((l. 

.lOIJ.X    1,.  ('.   noo.MK, 

Su'ivlaiT  to  Majiir  (Ji  nirai   ratiisoii, 
la!(.  ('omii'andanl  n|  Xiu  V.irk,  \'c. 


AliM'AIHX, 


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So.    VII. 


I 


■'  Hxtnicr  .,r  II  LotttT  fniiii  the  |{,.v.  Mr,  /h-oir,,.  (  m  v.tv 
re.spectiiblc  Clcixviiiiiii  of  Nrw  .Icivcy.  nuv  in  New  V,,rk  ) 
to  the  Iti'v.  Dr.  ChaiKDcr,  dalcil  M,iy  luili,  l"Si). 

"  Vdu  will  iv.civ,.  .M,  M,„,(|y  as  my  particular  t'riciKJ, 
aii.l  as  one  hm.sI  lirmly  tarlird  tu  liis  Majosty,  and  tlip 
ciistitiitioii  l.oili  in  HiiircL  aixl  state.  11,.  has  hoth  done 
and  sufli'rcd  uivai  thiniis  from  a  priiifijilc  of  idjalfy.  Von 
may  giv..  full  .-rclif  i„  all  h..  says,  ami  if  ho  tells  vou  some 
tliii.-s  .seemingly  inere,lil,le,  still  you  are  in  l.elieve  liim. 
He  is  honest,  soi.er  and  lirm— m^ver  intinadaled  hy  danger, 
ami  of  iindeviating  jirohity  and  liomiur." 


Ml 

1 


"  H.xtract  of  a  (setter  from  the  liw.  I»r.  J,>olis,{„)  Heetor 
of  New  York,  to  the  same  person,  dated  May  1  Irli,  I'S^. 

"  Mr.  Moody  is  one  of  the  most  active  partizans  we 
liiive,  and  perhaps  lias  run  nn)re  risipie  than  iuiy  other  man 
during  the  war.  He  has  brought  in  three  rebel  mails,  aud 
has  often  been  in  tliegreates'  perils  among  false  brethren. 
The  history  of  his  adventures  will  entertain  aud  astonish 
you       He  goes    home  at   Sir   Henry  Clinton's   desire,  who 


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.U'l'KMUX. 


Ims    ),n,ll,is..,l     tu     ,],,    MMMcthill-     r,„.    |,im    ,„|,.,,„ut,.     In     liis 
SlTvicfS." 


i! 


In  jiistkr  In  Mr.  .Mon.ly,  I  tl.iiik  it   my  duty  to  (umisl, 
liiiii  witli  the  iiliove  cilnidx. 

Aiig'ust  23(1,  !7Si>, 

T.   H.  ('IIAM)LHR.(,,) 


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WILLIAM     LIVINGSTON, 

fiOVRRNOR  OP   NkW  JKRSRy. 


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(ii.   T     ~   wa>  |kt1i;i|i-    U:r    C,,].    Harimi    „  |,„  i„  it;;   ^  .h 

'"i|itinv,l  .„,  Siali'ii    ■  l(,i,|   „,,l,   alM.ut    i,,r  V    ,,i   hi,  „„.„.  ,.,ri,l 

■••111  to  \fu  .k-rsi.y,  .,,,,1  ul„.  ivliiv.l  to  Nova  Smiia  alh.T  tia' 
war,  wlu'iv  lie  iUimI  al>oiit  ilie  yoar  l7:io 

h>.  Wii.inM  ill  iTiii.vsuN  ua>.  ill  !,-•  Captaiii-LieiKviianf  of 
till-  First  Hattalioii  „tN,  >  .K-isiv  Volmilfers.  AfUT  tia.  war 
lie  rot-eived  hall'i-ay,  and  lived  lor  a  while  in  New  iiruiiswiek. 
He  subseqiieutlv  moved  to  Upi-er  Caiuid...  and  die.l  there. 


(.I-  >^ii:  Wii.i.iAM  H,,\VK  was  bmn  aliout  the  year  172n.  II, 
wa>  aiiiM.iiUed  lj.Mit,-C,,l,,nil  in  [",7.  He  served  in  the  e\|„. 
ditiona-ain  •   l.ouis|„,nry.  and   was  s^l.-.,.,|^entl.^    at   tliesie-e 


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Mi'i)r.(H'iifnil      In  th 


ir   Wii-  III  I  III'  iXiuMJitiipji  .•luiiin-.l 


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M.'.  .Ill  III.'  «'..|i«l,.rFii,|i,.,..   »Uk.|v    lir    lii.l.l   tin.  |-,|„k 


till'  AlllM    !l;.'ililiM    II 


>ciir    I7'»2  lio  wiiM  Ailjiitiiiit  (iiiiiTiil  ..r 


;n.'i!i;i.      II.'  Iiii'jiiii.   Ciiloiiol  of  tliu  L';t(l 


t>i- 


IJh.viiI  \V,.]>1i  ImiziK'.ts  ,„i  iIh'  il  i|,  of  Mmv,  I77.V  aii.ml  uiii.h 
tiiMo  li.'  MiTiv.il  ill  li.isiuii  ii>  (•..iiiiiiiiiKli'r-iii-Cliic.f  i)f  the 
iin     ill    Aliifi-i.'ii.      Ill' .i.iiimnil.lf.l  ,'it    the   liiittl.' of    ItliiikiT 


Ar 


Hill,  jiml  ill  All] 


:ii-l  111'  til.'  \ciii-  lull.iuiii,!.''  laii.i.'ij  111,  Sintuii  Is- 


iiiii.l  mill  imi-tici|,iiti'i|  ill  tin-  u|ii.r;iti..iis  of  tlic  urmv  tl 


ml  vi'iir. 


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K'.Miiio    I.HMit.-<K.|K.nil     All-list    -.'T,  1777;    ilofcitod   tl 


M.'I't.'MllS    111     tuTllllllltoWII     ill     Ocliilicr,     Mini 


'V  Sir  lleiii'v  (  Hi 


iloii  III  177s.     On   li 


«ii-  Mipfrse.l.'il 


i>  ivtiini  to  Eii^flnmi 


I'lll.li-lHMl    it    , Iff,', Id'    of  |,i>    COII.luct    U  llik'    ill    AllUTicil.  II 

|>roiiiot.'i|  lo  till'  rank  ni  (ii'imnii  in  I  7!l 


I'   W  lit 


I'.l'h  UIMl   111  till'  w-.iV  INIIS 


'"'■•■""•■    •■"V.-Mi..i'    of    I'lviiioiirli.       II,'    ili.'il    s^  ill, out    i>. 
l^\  I.  at  111,'  a:'.'  of  alioiit   s.", 


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rv.ili.  now   Moiir;;uint  rv  ( 


u,'i-   lii'loi'i'    lilt'    lU'Voiiiti 


on   111  cio-i'  coiiiifcrioi 


oiint  V, 
I    \y\iU 


^ir  •I..I111.  .><ii'  William,  ami  t'ol.  (luy  .lolmsoii.  ami  follow,,! 
tl.i'ir  j.olilic'il  foi'iuiu's.  At  til.,  hrcakinu-  out  of  lio>filiti.'..  in 
III.'  ('..Liiiit's,  li,.  ,.,,iiiiiiaii,|,.,|  a  I'.'iiiim.jii  ,,f  \\.n  York  niiliti.'i, 
.■ui.l  took  at  oiict'  an  a.tivi.  ,iart  for  tlu.  Kin-  H,.  ,„a,U.  him- 
sclfinfainoiis  for  the  ,U'v,U  of  rai.iii,.  ami  niiinli.r  ooimnitt^.d 
l.>  liini  ami  hi.  ,■„,',„.  n,.  „,,.  ,„  ,1,,.  m.„„„,,,.  „,'  Wvoinin.'. 
«  luTc  ho  .'oniinan.k'.l  UKKi  incariial.'  lionds.  whose  brntaliu 
ami  hhiodthirstiiK-N  u  a-  almost  iiiipai'alh'l,',!.  At  tlic  roslora- 
'■"'1'  "Ip'-M.'c.  ho  w,'iit  lo  IpiKr  Cana.la,  wli.'i',.  In-  still  r, - 
•i'ie.l  ill  I7IM1.  II,.  „,.,s  vv.'ll  r,.uanl...l  i,v  tlu'  Kin^-  tWr  hi. 
I'l-vices,  i'e.'..ivii,^   il„.    Ai;eiM.>    .,f    Imli,.,,,    Atfaii-s,    hosido.    a 


ill 


Mills, 


''••""l>"!i^>'  I'-uni.Mn   |.r.,\iHoii   inr  hiiiiM.ir  ,u„|  .■hiMrwi.     Tli.' 


>"'•:   |':i|M  r-  ni  ilii.  ,|,.|v  : 
'■  \i:u    V(.|;'-,  .Inn,    |i; 

'•"•l"'"ll'    'I't.N    nlMuiH     lllst,,,,,,,,    l.:,,.,x    ,,tv,,|,n,|,.,,-U,.||t 

''"" •^■■""I>    """I-.  ^vIhiv   il,..y    wrr,.  i,,in,Mll,v   ,,  ,n,,'ill   ,1.- 

';■"■'"'"■"•  "I' '"I  n.'n'In,,-,  ,v;./,n...nt  <,f  N.Mv  .U;:ry  \  ..Un.Wvy.. 
"■'""  "''-•"-•'■'li'^  |'r.«,v<l,.,|  r.,tl„.  (Int.  ahoiit  lour  niil.'s  .liJ 
'■■""•  '""  ''^  ""■  »ii"l  l'l''H-  v..n  |,.,p|,  ||„.  |„,,|.  iliMf  wm- 
I'r-'M.I.Ml  ,li,|  M,,t  ,.,„n..u|.,  an.l  tlaa  mtiv  oMi^v,!  to  ,■,.,„,,,  ,,. 
""■  l.iul'l  lloMM..  (.n  tin.  Kitlu  l„.inu-  r.M.lv  to  ,.n,s.  (!,.■( iiii 
II  «M<  M^iv.Ml  l,v  tl,..  ,,,,rtv.  tl,,.,i  l.i.nt.  (HoTson.  ul,o  wn^  i,..,-- 
I«'«'ll.v  .■ir,|MMii,ti..l  will,  tlu.  ..onnlrv.  -l,oul,|  .jv..  ,|H.,n  .liivr- 
tNMs.  Tlicv  .•mIv.miic.mI  iiii,li>,.o\,.|V(l  with  liftvMs  men  .,,  i',,,. 
•■i-i'Vnion  F,,|K,  ,,lM,m  i.ii  milrs  from  tlio  liin.liiijr.  whriv  tl„\ 
'"•'"'"'  .i"~'  ••'"  ""■'I'O-  l'i'"l^''.  iKMi-  II,..  r,.|K.l  lM.,„l,|„,-,rt..r.  ..ii 
tli>'  liiick  oI'iIh.  town  ;    I, lit  iK^t  kiK.uiiii.  i|.,.  I  <„,.,,  uJMiv  t|„ir 

'""'"    -"'■"■''    "•""   l<''l".    'Il";    .l..trr,nii„.,|    ,,,    ,„,rouii,l    iIh,,,. 

I">MM-.  ,,t  tlu.  .,,nH.  liin...      C,.,,,!,,!!,    1I;,N,1,.„.  of  („.|ut;,I   Skin- 

iiors  |.nMv...K.l   to  i|„.  hoi,-,,  of  Mr.  M,  Kninhi,  ,,  i;,,|,.|  (.,,|,. 

tiiiii;    Klisin,,  M,„„|,   ,,,,!„,  I,,,,,..,,  ,,f  y,.    ||,.,„|,.i,.i,„,„_  ,,  ,.,,,,,. 

IK'I:   .•iimI  l.i..iil.  Throninorloi,  to  ,,ik.  Sha.lwick's.  a  y,-\,A  ( ■,,,,. 

'•■'"'•     ■'■!"•  'Ill'-'-'   I'.'ii'ti'-  r,.,i,K.   m.;,rl,N  at  II,..  .am,,  lii,,..  |,,  U,,. 

I'l.'i'v  uh.r..  tl,..  ,„aiii  i.„anl  of  the  jid.i.js  wa.  k^.pt,  hm  mi,,. 

"1  il".m.  il„.v  h..iiiM.,,i,  aM.,„it.      Tlu.y  ma.l,.Co|.  H.-mlri.kM,,, 

l.i.'tit.-Col.    Wikoll;     Capt-.     Sha.lwirk    ai„l     M-Kni.hl.    u  ;th 

Mvwal    |,rivat..>.    |.ri,oii..i-, :     ,,imI    aft.r    pr,.r....,|i„.-   ,,„.,    mil.. 

inrlhi.r.  to,,k  a  Ma.i..r  W.,,,  I'.riim.      Th,  ^   ,.,,lK...i,.,|  ah.Mii  ihr,.,. 

iniiMl|...(l  ~h....paml  ho,-,.,   I,..h,ii.i„.    ,,,   ,]„,   ,.^.|„,|,       ^  „..,,,,, ^ 


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f!lirilMVIMCIlt  (.|1>M,(1    ;|t   .lm.l|Hllj;     llll,.(,   Mild    c,  .1,1  i  1|  II,.,  I    ^1    ii,,||l', 

wlicii  tlK-v  |„.,.,n|   ilu.  Ciiiiaiii  ,.f  il,,.    I;,.!,,-],  ,l,.cl,iiv.  lliaf   lie 

WtiiiM  -iv,.  ilicin   iiiiitiT.  an,!   .,„,n   iiflcr  \w  vvcvtwd   iw,. 

M\s:  ii|mi,  hiv  i,,lliiio.  ili,-\,,|,int,.vr,-.  .■I,ar-fil  with  il,..ir  |,av,. 
lifts.  van,|iii>lu.,|  til,.  ivl.ol>,  and  f,.ok  |H,s>usM,.n  „ttlif  uroiiii,! 
wlu'ivtlio  (loud  and  W(,iii„k.,l  lay.  Wliwi  tlicy  had  (■ros>rd 
l!n' riv,.T.  thcv  ,jh>,Tvo(i  a  man  with  a  lla^  ridiii:;- d,.wn  I'n.ni 
tlic  i-clifjs.  wh,i  a^-kfd  iionnissi.iii  t,.  canw  ,,ir  t  ho  doad  and 
wouiidc.d,  V  l,i,di  wa..  iniiiK.<Iiat.dy  -r.,,,,  ,,|,  -I'l,,.  „|.,„  „.;,,, 
""■''•'"  iiirnr)n..d  til, •in  tliat  ih,.  vlndf  „t'  tii,.ir  |,ai1y  wl„, 
woiv  i.n,ii'a-cd.  woiv  kill,.,!  ,„.  w,,iin,l,.,|.  Thry  r..tiini..d  to 
Sandy-ll,.,d<  thf  sain,,  cvrnin-  with  lln-ir  pris,,nof>,  and  a 
Mi'.'nitity  of  livi.  st,M-k.  iV,-.  TIh-  naiiK.s  ,1'  iju'  liftoeii  wh.u.,,- 
;i-;i,i;-i.<l  ih,.  i\h,.|s  ar,.  as  liilh.ws: 

Cjilitain  .">aniiu.l  Ilayih  n.  I.i.iii 
lln.inas  ()k,.r-.,,n.  IJontcnaiit  llnt.-iiinson.  Kiisi-n  .M,„„l\.  r,,.>t 
I'.'i'lallinn  (iciH.fal  Skinn,.r\:  l.i.-ii!.  J„l,n  nu^kirk.  ,,r  (nl,,,,,.] 
liilZ'.ina's;  livr  |.iivatos  ,,|'  (;..|,.  Skii,,i,.rV :  lu,,  >aih,r>  and 
.•1  I'o.xswain  of  ,„,..  ,,(■  th,.  In.at-:  Mar|di..l  Tayl,,,-.  William 
•  iilli.-in.  .hdiii  W  ,iiild,.y.  viiliint,  .i--. 

Ill   th,.  .•n-aiivmcnt.  on,.   ,,ili,.,.|.   and     tu,.    |, rival,-    ,,r    ih,. 
\..|iiiili.(,.rs  w,.|-,.  >\  iiiindi.i|." 

l{iri„nlons  Ho,,,,/  Hazilli'.    If,,!!,,.,,!,,!,.  ./,n,i   IC.  177;,. 


(..).    .Ma.ioi;.(;i:x,  .1,,,,,  Si  i.i.n  a.-,  th..  chhst  .,,1,  ,,f  an  lri>h 
••mi^T.'ini.  w!H,M.ti!,.,i  in  Massa,di  is,.tls  ah,,m    th,.   v..ai-    I?-.':; 
w;-  h,,n,  in  tl„.  var  17!  I.  and  u  a^  at  Ih-t  a  lanm.r,'  ainl  alUT- 
ward-   -tii,li,.,|    law    in    N.w     llaiiips|,i,.,..       I,,     |;-|    |„.    „„^   ,, 
""■'"'"■l'  "l''l"'  1-t  Con^r,..^.  ua^a|.|,oiut,.,l   I ;n::adi,.r-(;..n,  ral 

ill    177."),  ami   c.minamhd   at    \Vini,r    Hill,  la.ar    |!,,> ..(uy 

""'  ''■■"ll.'oi    |;„nk,|-    Mill.      In    .In,;,.,    1771;,  h,.  .i,|M.,-.,.,|,.,|  A,' 


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N'l.lTRS, 


i:> 


>i"M  "i  rumuund  in  Caiuula.  ;n„l  ,,„  tl,.-  \,nU  „r  Au-n>l  fuHuw- 
iiig  was  promoted  to  tlic  rank  otMajor-d.non.l.     lie  .suem-!- 
C(l  (icM!.  (JroiMio  in  (•on:ni,.uul  of  tin-  division  of  tlio  .\n,.>ric,,r 
Army  on  I.on.u'  Island,  and  wa.  tak...  prisoner  in  the  Imttk-  of 
the  27tl,  of  Auuust  following'.    In  \ovemborl,c  was  exclninfro.l 
tor  the  English  (feiic'ral  I'resoott.  an<l  in  An«ust,  1777  lie  oxt- 
nitod  an  expedition  a.-ainst  Staten  Island.     In  Scptend.er  and 
<'.f..l.er  he  took  part,  i,,    the  battles  of  Hrandvwine  and  (ier- 
n.antown,   and   in    177il   was  detache.l   to   Rhode  Island      In 
InU  he  was  sent  to   Western   Xew  York  to   chastise  the  Six- 
Nations,  a  duty  which  he  successfully  accomplished,  an.l  then 
resigned  his  command,     lie  resumd  the  ].raetice  of  the  law. 
and  was  a  member  of  the  convention  that  formed  the  State 
Constitution  of  Xcu-  Ilampsliire.     In  1785  lie  was  a  member 
ot  ("onaress,  for  the  three  yar.  followiiiir;   was  President  of 
tho  State,  and  in  October.  I7H!I.  was  appointed  District  Jud-e 
He  died  .at   his  seat   in    Durham.  X,    II..  .lauuary  ■2:\.  !7!t.-,.'at 
the  aire  of  ')4  ve;irs. 


(^).  tiKN.  iloi.'ATio  (i-i!.;s  was  .-I  native  of  Ena-land.  and  was 
'""•I.  in  17i'7.  lie  enlerci  the  Itritisl,  service  in  c.arlv  life,  and 
'■"  '  '"  "''■  '•"'l<  "I'  ^':U"i'-  II''  W.MS  .-lid  to  Cell.  Monckton  at 
!iie  capture  of  Martini, ■<>.  and  w.as  with  Itr.iddock  .at  his  dcf,;]! 
iii  17.V5.  At  the  cl,,M.  ,,f  ih.at  war  he  settled  in  Viraini,-i. 
where  h.'  roided  till  the  co.nnie'U'enu.nt  ,,f  the  rev.,hition  in 
1775.  when  he  received  from  Con-ress  the  ap[.ointment  of 
.\d.iut;nit-(;encral.  and  accompanied  (ieiicr.al  Washington  to 
( 'M.nhri.l-e.  In  -luue.  I  77(!.  he  w,-is  .Md  vaiiccd  to  the  comman.l 
"f  ll'-'  Arni\   111  Cin.a.la.      Cciicral   S,-hnyl,.r  siiccce.led   him   ,-, 

'''■"■  ' "'-^  i'l  '""•  I'lii  ill  Aiiaust  Ic:.  ivMimel  his  station,  and 

ill  tile  following  October  revived  the  hope,  of  his  country,  and 


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nvcTtiiiTu  tl,o>,.  .,rtlu..  liritisl,  l,v  il,..  ,.apt,u-  uf  l!i.,-ov,u.nn,l 
Ills  .•irinv.  Ill  .liiiu.,  i7.s(i,  1,^.  w;is  apiHiinlod  to  the  .•.".iiiiiiaii.l 
of  tlR.  SoiitlKTii  (le]iarf.iK.iit,  liui  iK'iii-  soon  nttor  defeated  l.v 
Connvulli.s  ut  Caiiidon,  was  in  conscineiice  supei-sedid  l,y 
General  Grceno.  He  was  restored  to  Ids  (•(.mniaiid  in  1782. 
Atter  tlie  tcrndnation  ol'  the  uar  lie  resided  on  Ids  tarni  in 
Virginia  until  ITlMi.  whoa  he  moved  to  New  Voik.  an<l  died 
there  in  ISiKi  at  tlie  age  of  77. 


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(-).    Wii.i.iA.M  Livix,.sT...v  was  the  son  of  I'liijip   Livingston, 
and  was  de.seended  from  a  Scotcli  family,  imd  horn  in  Albans, 
X.  v.,  in  November,  17l';J.     At  the  age  of  1-1-  he  entered  Yah' 
College,  and  graduated  at  that  institution  in  1741,  with  the 
Inghest    honors.      After  leaving  ,.„lIego   he   .•omineneed    the 
study  of  tlie  law.  in    1748   was  admitted  to  the  b.-.r.  and  soon 
rose  to  emine.i.'e  in  his  profession.      .Uter  his  removal  to  New 
Jer.sey.  he  was  eh. .sen  .-i  memher  of  the  tirst  Congi-ess  in  1774, 
having  previously   signalized  him-elf  by  his  wrhinos  a-aiiist 
the  eiicroa.'hments  ,,f  IJriiain.     ( »n   the  dep<,sition  ,,f  WUliam 
Franklin   and   tlie   formation  of  a  new    Constitution,  he  was 
cle.'ted  (iovernornf  Xe«    -lersey.  and  continued  in  tiie  ollioe 
till  his  death.     He  was   a   delegate  to  tii«  wr.venti.m  whieh 
forme.l  the  Constitution  of  the   I'nited  !«HMles.  ;u„l  was  one  of 
its  most  able  members.     He  was  plain  and  simple  in  his  habits, 
and    uno.stentatious    in    bis    manners.       Ile.sides    his    political 
writings,  he  was  the  author  of  some  essays  n|Km  miseellane.nrs 
toi)ies.  and  a  pocni  on  the  '•  Choice  of  a  iiinal  Life."     He  died 
at  his  seat  in  Kli/.al.ethlowii.   \.  .!.,  .lulv  L>:itb    iriai   ,it  the  a-v 
off!7.  "  '  '"" 


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(■..).   ••  Ti:k.nT').\.  .Inn,.  14. 


The  lull„wiM-  rxtnin  isliiluni  IV.na  n  Irtin-  r,.c,.ive,l  by  „  -..nllonmii 
111  Morn,  r,nv]|  r,,,!!,  hi.  ivi,.,,,!  i,,  Siivsrx  CMuity. 

"Oil  SuihImv  nnn'iiiiii:  tlic  4tli   |.lnin.|   instiint.  alM.nr  (mic 
o'clock.  Major  Hoops  Iniviii-  ivasoii  to  lit'lii.vo  that  disafl'ccted 
persons   uciv   ill    Ills    M,.i-|||,„iirli<,o(!.  discovered    a  tV.ii,,w    in 
coinpaiiv  with  a  uoniaii  near  I, is  h(nisi.;   ]„.  iniinediatelv  ,|nes- 
tioned  tiicMi;   the  w.nnaii  prevariciited.  and  the  man  hesiiatiii- 
111  Ins  answers,  u-ave  him  snspjcions  ;   upon   wiiicii   lie  desir.d 
them  to  walk  into  tlie   honsc,  tliat  lie  iiiii;lit   he   fnllv  assured 
of  what  tlu'V  told  him.     .Major  Hoops  ,,n  liis  way  t,,  ih,.  hous,. 
lookiii-  round,  lonnd   tlie  man  rniuii:,;.- away  ;  ho  pursued  ainl 
took  him,  not  without  wonndin-  tiie  Tdlow  throno-h  the  arm. 
with  a  small  sword,  npon  scci,,-  a  cocked   pistol   in   his  hand- 
lie  was  diseov^.red  t,,    !„■  a    I.fvy   soldi, .r  in   his  rcfjimeiitals, 
lich.n-in-  to  the  corps  olMcrsry  Volunteers:  on  hrinoan-  him 
to  the   li-ht.  the    Major   pres^-nted    ,aie   of  the    pi.stol.s    he    had 
tMkeii  from  him  lo  his  head,  and   resolntcdy  declared  he  would 
put  him  to  death  if  he  did    not    inf.u-ni   him  of  his  drsi-ns  in 
coming-  lo  Ihis  pari  of  ihr  eouiitry.      He  said  that  ahout  three 

week-  auo  he  caiuv  out  wilh    l.iont.  .Moody,  and  ; iher,  from 

New  Vork,  who  had  received  insiriic!ions  fr.uii  (ieiienil  Knv- 
I'iiauseii.  hnt  lie  kept  them  secret;  only  hintiii;.;' that  he  was 
lo  lake  some  person  oil'  u  ithin  two  miles  of  Morris-Town,  hut 
finilinp-  that  he  was  not  at  lionir,  nor  wduld  he  livforethe  loth 
of  this  month,  they  came  up  here  in  <iriler  to  |>ass  their  lime 
Mway  lill  the  person  ivliiriied:  That  he  had  left  Moody  in  the 
road  near  the  Moravian  Mills;  that  he  had  lihertyto-o  loliis 
uncle'-,  one  Matthew  l.owivy,  where  he  was  then  iioin^r  had 
mil  .Major  Hoops  disappoinled  him:  and  that  he  was  lo  meet 
Moody  anil  his  '■onipanioii  onihe  lop  oMeiin.\  -lump  mountain 


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"II  TIillfMliiv  lii,M-lir,   ul.oil    tliry    urn.   (,.    |,|M„rr(l    nu    llicir    iii- 
tl'MiK'd  r\|pc(liti(iu. 

'•  At'tfi-  Ifiiviii;;'  liiiii  iiiiiK.i;  ii'iiard,  and  ciilk.ctin;;-  his  own 
]<i'i>\<W:  and  a  I'cw  of  Ins  iiuiii-lihoiirs.  |,iirsiiil  ums  niv,.|i  to 
Mood.v.  hilt  iinroitmiatrlv  roiild  not  makv  anv  discoxiTios." 

Xi'W  Jirwy  Gtizitli:  June  M.  ITSll. 


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In,)    T,ii:rT.-(;i.:N.  .luirx  IJruc.ovM-;   was   ihu   natural   son   of 
lord  nin-lrv.     ire  oiitoivd  tlic  Hritisli  army  at  an  early  aire. 
Wliile  ([nartfivd   with   his   iv-iiiivnt  at   Preston,  he  iiiarried 
l.iuly  Charlotte  Stanley,  whose  father,  the  Karl  of  Derhy,  was 
so  incensed  at  the  match,  tiiat  ]..•  threatened  utterly  to  discard 
lii'i-.      A  reconcili.ation.  however,  took  jdaee,  and  the  Karl  al- 
lowed  him  f:!iio  a  year  dnriiiii-   his   life,  and    hy  his  will   he- 
Miieathed  her  a  lenaey  of  fjn.dCd.    The  inllnence  of  the  family 
I-i  which  Hiiriioyne  had  thus  hecoine  allied,  tended  materially 
to  accelerate  hi>  protessional  advancement,      in   I7i;2  he  acted 
as  a  l!ri,i;adier-Cieiieral  of  the  Hritish   foives,  which  were  sent 
for  the  defense  of  Portiig.al  against   France  and  Spain,  where 
lie  showed  coiisiderahle  militirv    skill.     In    177.-,  he  was  a| - 
pointed  to  a  command   in    America,  whence  he  returned  the 
following  year.       In  1777   he   resumed  his   p,,st  and  issued  a 
proclamalioii  to  the  Indians,  in  which   ho  invited  them  to  his 
staiid.-ird,  hut  deprecated   with  due  severity  (he  cruel  ])ractiee 
of  scaliiinii'.      The  pompons  tiirjiidity  of  style  in  wliich  this  ad- 
dress was  conched.  excited  the  ridicule  of  the  Americans'  and 
lirocnri'd    for   him    ,lic   s(i|il,ri(|nel   of  ■•  C/,rn)inii/,(ili,i,l/i(,/(,i,r,i,:' 
His  first  operations  were  sueeessfiil;  liedislo(|n.e,I  the  Americans 
from  Ticoiidcrop'a    and    Mount    Independence,   and   took    Il'S 
pieco  of  camion,  all  theii'  armed    \es^el^all(l  hatteries.  as  well 
as  ji  con-iilcrahle   pjiil    ot   their    h;i:.T,a,ii'e.  ammunition.  provi> 
ious.   ;in<l   milii;iry   <loi'cs.      Hi-   -.iil-.ci|iient    career  wa-   triilv 


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fliMWtrou^  :  hi- li'ij(ip-;<ntl'.T.Ml  miicli  tVom  Ii.-hI  i'iiikIn  iiii'lciiicnr 
Weill  Ikt  Mild  , I  ■^(•iircitv  ct  |ir(i\  isioiis  ;  the  linli.'ilis  who  |i,'h| 
jiivviuiislv  iissistcd  liiiii,  (li'sertcd.  mikI  tUv  AiiK'i'icjiiis  uikI.t 
(u'li.  (JmU's  siirroMiKk'tl  liiiii  with  a  superior  tWrci-.  to  wliicii, 
thoiiLi-h  victorious  in  two  eiiira<;viiK'iits,  he  was  at  ieiiuMli  coiii- 
pelled  to  fa|iitiilato  at  Sarato^ra.  witii  the  wt'ole  of  his  army. 
This  event,  whieii  reJidered  him  e(|iialiy  odious  to  tlie  Britisii 
(ioveriiment  and  the  people  at  iariiv.  was  for  some  time  the 
]ead!ii.y  tojiic  of  tlio  ]iross,  and  iiuiiiheriess  himpooii.-  iqipeared 
ill  whieli  the  (k'ueral's  conduct  was  most  severely  satirized. 
Tlie  punsters  of  tlie  day,  takint;' advanlafxe  of  the  American 
(feiieral's  name,  aiuused  themselves  iiiimercifiilly  at  liiiriroyne's 
expense,  hut  of  all  their  eti'usions,  which  for  the  most  ]mrt 
were  more  virulent  than  pointed,  the  followinji"  harmless  epi- 
prranj,  poor  as  it  is,  apjiears  to  have  heeu  the  liesi  ; 

••  liiir.trdyat',  iiiicoiiscicnis  dt'tli'  iiM|icii(liMi:  rates. 
Ciiiild  <  lit  ills  way  tlir(>'  woods,  liut  not  tlini'  Oatrs.'^ 

InM.ay,  1778,  he  returned  to  Eiin-hnid  on  Jiis  jiarole,  hut  was 
denied  ail  audience  hy  the  Kiiiir,  and  he  in  vain  solicited  a 
court-martial.     In  1779  he  was  dismissed  the  service,  hut  was 

ri-stoivd  three  years  afterwards,  and  appointed  (' mauder- 

in-('liief  in  Ireland,  and  sworn  in  one  of  the  privy  <'ouiieil  ot 
that  kingdom,  lie  died  at  his  h,)Use  in  Hertford  .Street,  sud- 
denly, of  a  tit  of  tile  goui.  August  -i.  17W. 


(ii).  M.V.I. -(iK.\.  A.NTiio.w  W  A  V.N  i;  was  horn  in  t'hesterConnty, 
I'enn.,  on  the  1st  .laiiiiary,  174."),  and  was  educated  .-is  a  .-Pur- 
veyor, hi  177:)  he  >vas  chosen  to  a  seat  in  the  i.egislatnre  of 
his  State,  and  took  an  active  p.iri  in  opposing  the  injustice  of 
<ii-eat   lirilaiii.      In  177")  he  eni.ivd  the  army  a-  a  Colonel,  .-uk! 


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jiccciiiiiiuiiii'd  (ieneral  Tliomiisdii  lo  CuiMda,     \U-  wu^  after- 
wiinls  niKk'i-  (Jen.  (iatos,  at  Ticoiulfroiia,  and  was  siihMM|Uoiitly 
adv.-iicod  to  the  rank  of  Briir.-Concral.     In  the  (•anii)aij,ni  of 
1777  he  acted  an  iniiiortant  niiit.     At   the   hatth>  of  Hrandy- 
wine  he  made  a  brave  detente  ai   the  ford  ajrainst  the  attack 
ofCien.  Knypliaiiscn,  but  a  lew  days  after,  being  detached  with 
l--)iMi  men  tc.  han',M)n  the  J5ritlsh  rejir,  lie  was  sui'iirised  and 
defeated,     lie  afterwards  Ibutilit  at   (iermantowii  and  Mon- 
inontl],  and  in  177iJ  connnanded   the  troops  at  the  successful 
>torniinj,'uf  Stony  Point,  wlierc  he  aciinired  i,'real  honor.     In 
17«1  he  served  in  (ieorgia,  where  lie  was  victorious  in  several 
battles  uith  tlio  French  and  Indians.     In  I7K7  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Convention  of  Pennsylvania  which  ratified  theCon- 
stirution  of  tin'  United  States.      In  17!tl2  he  w;is  appointed  to 
the  command  of  the  wesli  rii  army  as  successor  of  St.  Clair, 
and  at  the  battle  of  .Miami,  in  17!i-l-,  he  ji-ainci'   a  complete 
\ictory  over  the   Indians,  compelling  them  to  sue  for  peace. 
lie  remained  in  that  region  till  tlie   lijth  Dec.  ITltii,  when  he 
<lie(l  at  I'resiiue  Isle  in  his  52d  year.     His  remains  were  after- 
wards brought  to  his  native  State,  where  they  were  interivd, 
and  a  handsome  monument  erected  to  his  nieiuorv.      Ik>  -.vas 
one  of  the  most  brilliant  otlicers  of  the  revolution,  and  one  of 
the  most  i)0[iular. 

Tiir  tullowiii'.;  iiccdinit   ..|  llii'  ,M|,tmv   .,f  Mr.  M.,„(ly  wc;  Mud   in  the 
|i:i]i(i-s  cif  tfir  (lay  :  . 

( i.L   ■•('n.\Tu.\M,  August  2. 

\\e  have  the  jdeasnre  to  assure  our  readers, 

ibai  Kiisign  Moody,  a  refugee  from  Su>.,i;.\  to  the  lirilish  army, 

and  who  wa>  lately  >cnt  IV NCw  York  with  a  paily  of  ruV- 

li.-iu-    to)-   ila.    piirp,,,si.   ,,|'  biii-niiig   Sus-ex    gaol,   of  t.ikin-  or 


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.•i^si^<iiiann^(,ovrriinr  l.i  vin,i.'>t..r  ;i,„|   ,lu.   |,,rM,M^  who  whv 
••ftuv  u,  ;.|,|Mvlu.„,lin.^  tl„.  ||„v,.  -pio.  lat..lv  .x.nit.,!.  and  of 
i"li-tin,u-,H,ri„halMlants   i,,  th.   ..-rvi.v  of  ,1,.  Itritisl,  tvraiit 
was  lately  .•aptured  liims.lf  l,y  fl,o  viu.„ro„s  ex,.rfi.,„<  „f'ca|,r 
l.aw,v.,..c  .,f  tl,e    \o;n   York  Stat,   l.-vies.    near   tlio    Kn.li^l, 

Nc'ia-hl.onrlMKMl.     Tla.  in>fniftioMs  fo |  ui-om  Mo.mIv.  ii,  ..nl.-r 

to  Lnvo  tl.u  hotter  (■ol„i,r  to  Ins  private  .lirections  f,',r  iiiliMin;.' 
and  assassinating  and  to  prevent  las  I.ein- treated  a>  a  >pv 
trom  the  n,iiitary  stile,  what  l,e  was  to  i-ro-huv.  in  ca>e  of  his 
heiHir  tal<en  prisoner,  was  in  the  folhiwin-  terms: 


Hi 


'Sir 


•  lli'ad-(,)iiarters.  May  t^.m!,^  x^,„.  y\„,i^_  y 


■»(i. 


\(iii  are  herehy  directed  and  anthorized  to  proceed 
without  lossof  ,i,ne.  wifl,  a  small  detachment,  int,.  the  .ler- 
f^eys,  hy  the  n:o-.t  convenient  ronte,  in  order  to  carrv  otf  the 
person  of  (iovenn.r  Livingston,  or  any  other  a.^tin-  i',,  p„hlie 
station,  whom  you  may  fall  in  with  in  the  coiir>e  of  v,,iir 
"""•'■lu  <"•  any  person  whom  yon  may  meet  with,  and  whom  it 
may  be  necessary  t..  secure  for  your  own  security,  and  that  of 
the  party  under  your  command. 

'Should  you  Mteceed  in  takin-  (lovc'ruor  Livingston,  voii 
arc  to  treat  him  according  to  his  station,  as  far  as  li^s  in  voi.r 
power  ;  nor  are  you,  upon  atiy  account,  to  offer  aiiv  vioU.nee 
to  his  person.  You  will  use  your  ciuk.n  our  to  jret  possession 
"1  ins  papers,  which  you  will  take  care  of.  and.  upon  ,o,.r 
I'eturn,  deliver  at  head-.|uarters. 

Hy  order  of  hi.  Kxcelleucy  Lieutenant-deneral  Knyphausen. 

(;i:i).    HECKWJTII. 

•r     1-     ■       .1       ,  Aid-(le-( 'amil 

lo  L;i>ig'n  .M(iod,\.   I.r  hattalion  )  ' 

\ew-.lers,'_\    \'olunfeer>.'        [ 


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•'  It   i<  S'licl  lliMl  mII  Mimm|\\  |i,ii|y,  cxcciil  one,  \\  liii  iitU'liiptiil 

loMviiii  tin-   Norlli  river   in   hi-  ili-hi.  mihI   i-  snpiiDscd   in  l„. 

ill'dUlird,   have    Ij.tII    fit  Iu'I'  caiit  iir.d    nr    killed    hv  tlicMclivilv 

iff  iiiir  iiilialiitaiiN;  mikI  ii>^  to  the  I'iiiiiinis  or  infai is    /•,'//.</;//, 

liiiMsrll',  the  ni-cat  taker  i>l'( ioveriiors  and  ircin'ral  H-anl  dclivcr.T 
orsii-sex.  \\v  is  al  |ir<'sriil    salflv  l(id;.'cd  at   \\c'>t- i'niiil  ;    and  if 

ill'  lia-  Jii-lii'i'  dull.'   Iiini,  ii   is  i^'ciid'allv  sii|j|i()m(I,  a-- •  ru\: 

ivs|ii)iidciil  cili-i'i'Vfs,  I  hat.  III!  will  lu'  liaiifi<'d  lor  a  spy,  lor 
iiilistiii;^' our  cilizfiis  ill  iIk,  Urilish  ariii,\,  and  conjiiiir  with  a 
[mrtv  so  sMiall  as  iiiii,.,  and  uilli  vvca|ion--  coiiiTalcd,  citliero!' 
wliicli  are,  aci'<ir<liii^-  l<i  llie  |iri'seiit  cniisiriulioii  of  all  llie 
nations  of  Mnniiie.  cliaracttaasdc  of  a  Spy. 

It  is  reported  lliil  aiiullier  parlv  was  simiI  from  Staleii- 
Isljind  la'-t  wei'k  for  tlu'  express  purpose  of  as-assiiialiiii;'  liis 
Kxci'lleiic'v  our  (o)\t'riior.  (lii^jlii  not  ^iich  li|ood\  measures 
to  lie  relaliaU'il  upon  the   eli<'m\   f' 

!\.  Jirsiii  ./iiiiriiiil.  li'i'il.    .iiif^l.  1.  ITsii. 


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(i:,).  M  \.i.-(ii;\.  lIoiiKirr  liown  was  horn  in  Drnii-wiek, 
Nortli  Carolina.  On  the  hreakiiiL;' out  of  ihe  l!e\dli:iioii,  he 
espoused  liie  Ameriean  <'aiise,  and  was  apixiinted  Colonel  of 
tiie    1st  North  C'liroliini  reijjinieiit,  and  at  once  took  tlie  Held. 

in  jK'eeliiher  IVT')  lu'  Joined  Col.  Woodford  at  Norfolk,  ami 
was  eii^'aijied  with  him  in  the  eonti'st  with  Lord  Diiiiinore  and 
iiis  party.  On  the  •JlMli  .Iiinnarv  ITTti.  he  was  ap]ioiiited  a 
Iiri^.-(!eii.  ol'llie  Coiitineiil.al  .\riiiy.  ami  ordered  to  \'ir:;'iiii;i. 
In  tin'  year  ITT'^  lie  was  plaei-d  in  chief  command  of  the 
Southern  troops,  and  was  eiif;ai;i'd  in  the  expedition  aj;ains|, 
Florida  and  also  in  the  delense  of  Sa\annali,  in  hotli  of  which 
he  was  unsucoessfiil,  [ri  coiiseipieiice  of  his  failure,  he  was 
^e\erelv  ci'ii--iired    at    the    time.      In  IT'^'i  he   was    tor   a   time 


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(n>.  MA.i.-(iK.v.l!|.:M;i.i<T.\i:N,,i,i,u,i>l„,iiiii,  NnruiHi  ('..ii- 
"'■'•'"■"'.•l""""0;i,l7H,,,iMl  wasl,n,UKl,tMiMisaMi.-vo„  1|,. 
MMitt.-!  Lis  ,,n,r..s>i„n  fnr  tlu,  s,,,,  mi.l  «,,.  lor  soim.  v..,ux  .,,- 
K.ip.1  ,,s  ,n,,>l,..ror..,  „,Hli„.  V..SS..I.  A.  th..  .■o,„.iu.>,.'...„m.mI  of 
""•  li.'VolMtion,  Im.  .■s,.oiis..,1  tl,..  ,.,„s.  oCtlK.  roloni....  ,,n,|  look 

•■""""••""'    "''■•'    '•"IMpjIMV    orvo|lU,|....lXMt    \..W    1I,IV..|1  II,.  WIS 

;iltonv..|n|s  ,.l  ll,..si..,vor(^,u.|,.,,  wlH.n.  I,..  n.,.,.iv,.,l,.  u„M„.l 
''"•"•l'',t^'..M.Ml,;|,o,MlH.  i;.,iln,voril,...X|„.,|ilion,  Ik.  uitlMlivw 
""■  mnuiMs  of  Ins  lor.....  ,„,•,,„,„  |-oi„i.  il,.  wms  ufh.ru  ar-N 
;■'"''''•'■''""  '■■•''^'■•'''••""H.'HH.wlK.r..  lu.,r..,,llv,li>liM,.Misi,..| 
liiMi>..|l,  ,.„  I,.,  .li.l  als..  s„l,M..|„..nllv  at.  Il„.  I,,.,itl..  .,r  Sanil. ,.■■.., 
vvIm.iv  lH.s..rN  !....>  ,..,n|,.i|„„,..|  „„,  ,,  n,,,,,  ,„  ,|u.  mi..,...ss  „r  Uh' 

AM,..n..an..,v..ri;Mr,,n„...     S tim..  ;,ll..r  ll,i.  |„.  w^.  ,,la.....| 

""•""""■•""I  "'•  \V...,  I>.,i,„,..n„l  11,...,  !,...■,,„  ,„  ..,„,„,,  ,1,.. 
'""'•■"'^"'   l"i"i"^il'i^  M,-o,„.  ,„,.,    inll,..|,,.„„N,.ni,..  ..,„.M,^ 

'"  ""•  •■'"'■"'1''  '"  '•••"•'•.^   '""  ll-  n,.i;„.i,,„.  „|,,,.  ,, V,,,;,,. 

"■'':;•'"''■""■'■''•■■""'  -^'""I'l  "ill,  ,ii|li,.„l,v. ..,.,, „„|  „„  I,,,,,,,.,., 
:'■'"-''  ^'""I'.'r-".'.:'.  II,.  u,,<  „,,„l..  ,,  i:,.i,..(;,,„.,.,.,|  |„  ,1,.. 
■ntisl,,  ,.,,,.1   ..n,,,l.,v,..l    I,.   ll,..,„i„.,.v,.,.„|,.,„.,.|„.i.,.   ,.,.r,i,. 

'•■"•'.^  ••"   N«'U  l.on.lo,,,  (■,„„,„  ,,i„|   N,,rr,,lk,   \,.,       ,,„  ,|„.  r,n 

■•'•"■.•"■•■.  Ih.u,.„Mo|.:m.|„„I...,,„|,|,.,i,„|,,.,„|,,„  .|„„„|,    1^ 

Ills  iviiiaiii.  u,.r..  iiii,.rr,(l  al   l;i-,,iii|,|.  i,. 


11 
lirri 
III. 


''■'■    ""■'•-■'"l''"illn ll.-t  thai  at  this  v,.rv  tin,...  ArnoM 

JVMs..x,.,.„tin^,|„.„..,a.„„u„i..|.|,as,„a,l..|,i<na„„.i,„, , 

"r   ''""'""^  '-•-:.i„u.Mt  of  Mr.  M ,    „,,.  ,.,„,.,  .^,.,1    ,,,,,   ^^,; 

'•"-'■!-n"-.lKn,a.a>ui„..rln.,.,„|„||    .,.,,i,.,o„  an.l  , ,■ 

till.  Mllaiiiv  ol'ili,.  rritit,,|.. 


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(p.).   (;r:\.  KhwAiM.  N[\riiK\\  cut.T.   I  tljr  llrid-li  ;inii     ;,- im 
Kn>i^n  in  lliuCold  Siivinn  (iiiiii'<l>.  .laiiiinn  -Jt,  JTKi,  rcccivcl 
liis   l.iiMilfiiiiiii'v  D.ci'iiiIk'I'  it,  17.'> I.  1111(1   iK'ciPiiif  <'i(|iiiiiM  aiid 
l.ii'iit.-ColoiK-l  Mnivl,  -Jii.  l7i;-_>.      II,.  was  a|.|miiii,.,|  Coluiul   in 
tlie^ariiiy  Marcli  2n.  177.-),  aii.l  I'l-lii   ,lavs  alhT,  Aidd.-Caiiip 
to  tlic  K\u<s.     lit.  cnnio  to  AhK-rica   in  177(1,  in  ccninnind  of  a 
Itrifiadf  ..I  tin.'  (in.'irds.  witli  tiio  rank  (.f  iJci^'adicr  ( u'li.,  and 
ill  I77H  la- (•(•niinaiid.'d  tiic  partv  >unl  to  di...tr,,v  (i.,>|M>it.  \if- 
t-'inia.      In    I'Vlirnai'v.  177'.t.   Iw  was  advanct'd   to  tiie  nmk  of 
Major  (iun.      11^.  lu'canu' ('oloni'l  of  the  (1l>,1  r,.ni„ii.nt  tlio     inio 
vcar.  and  w;is  stationed  at  or  iK'ar  .W'W  York  in  I  7.S0,  in  wi.U'li 
vi'ar   lit.'   rt'tnrnt'd   lionic.      lie   was  appointi'd  (.'oninnmder-in- 
ClMff  of  till'  lorcus  in  thf  Wist  Indifs,  with  tiic  local   I'ank  of 
I.irul.-(i,.n..    Nov.  L'n,    l7.S-_),  an<l    in    17^;!   htvanif  (o.vtrnor- 
(JLMK'ral  of  (Jri'nada  ami   the   .^oiuhfrn  Cnrrilift.    Mamls.      In 
thf  >,.ar  I7'.t7  \\v  was  a(l\  .•incftl  to  thf  rank  of  (ii^ncral  in  tin.- 
iinny.  and  difil   at   ( 'lanvillf.|,M|MV,   llanls.  I  ifc^ndn'r -JII.   fSd.-), 
.•ifti'r  a  ffw  (\i[y>'  ilhit-s,  in  il,,.  7stj,  vt^ar  of  liis  a"-t'. 


(i:).  Wii.i.iAM  IJrirris,  of  U\.stfliv.>tt.T  Conni.v.  N.  \ .,  a 
ivfujj:c.t',  was  sent  in  177!t  a  prisoner  from  W  hitt.'  1'1,-iins  iiy  Col. 
iinrr.  who  wrott.  Malroltn  that  linrtis  wishftl  to  stcnre  tlu' 
favor  of  the  Mlii;rs  l,y  ^■iviiiM.  tl,,.,,,  iniornmrion.  In  178ii, 
Ihn'tis  was  conliufd  at  Wf^i  I'tiint  nudcr  st.ntvnff  of  death,  tor 
connnnnifatioii  with  the  Hritish  Ctneral  Mathew.  At  the 
restoration  t)f  peiiee,  he  went  to  N't'w  l!rnn>wiek.  and  ilied  at 
St.  .lohn.  in  is;!.-),  ajred  7.')  vears. 


(if).   Coi..  Ai.KXANDKi;  St  AM.MKi.  w  a>   horn   in   Mendon,  in>w 
"Milford,  in   the  State  of  Ma.->aeliu-etts,  ahont    the  year   174s. 


I 


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85 


"""'  Vvtu\unu.\  at    ihn.Mnl  ,,      n^  was   si.hs.- 

<|iKM,tlv,   „|,iuv.Ml   i;,|.su,„  .  i„r,.fa  srlH.,,1.  and 

iilsuas  a  Mirvi-vor  nriati.Is.  ussi^riiii/  Cii-t.  ll,,l|,ni(l  in  mii'vcvs 
tor  Ills  (Map  ..(•  N.u  II.MUii.sliir.'.  11..  aNu  Mn.lioil  law  iWra 
wliil..  in  till,  oil-  „f  (irnonil  Snilivan.  In  177.'.,  Iio  was  ap- 
pnilitlMl  i:ri;;ail,  ajor.  ami  in  I  Tii.  Culun-I  of  i|,o  tliini  hat- 
talmn  of  .•<)ntin..nfal  tnM.ps  raised  in  N\u-  Hampsliiiv.  In 
1771,  ('(il.Mi,.|  ScaunncI  .■(iniMiand.'d  tin"  third  n-inifnl  of  that 
Statf,  and  w  -•  wmindod  in  tin- doporat.'  liattlf  of  Sarato^ra. 
In  I7^<».  the  ,.  \v  .,f  N\.w  ll!iini...Inrc  \va>  rcdnci'd  toiwo  vv/\- 
nuMil-,  when  In.  conniiandc'd  i  lir-t.  jje  v*  :is  aflorwards 
.•'Ppiiint.Ml  Adjniant-CuMjfral  oi  .  lu.ricaM  annii>.  in  wImcI. 

otlicv  lif  was(K.M.r\cdlv  popnlar.aii.!  M'cnrf.l  iIk,.  .■sti-i'ii.  ..ftho 
•  -tliccrs  of  the  arniv  -vncralh.  Will,  tins  sitnati-n  Ik-  lio.dly 
iK'cann-  dissati^tiud,  \wn\ns^-  it  oft(>n  fv   ii^cl    hin-    from  tliose 

<l.'iiiirt-r>  to  wlncii  oiIuts  urr..  v\po>,.d  ;   ; prrfi-rrin-  a  iinav 

iictivf  c.nnnand.  \w  wa>  put  at  llu'  head  of  a  'v:,drnrnt  of  li-ht 
iiitliiitr>.  (»n  tlir  :!.ifl,  of  Soptcndu^r,  I7si,  ai  the  nionioraMc' 
and  Hic(v>sfnl  >i.-v  of  Yorktuwn.  he  wa-^  <illii'cr  of  tiu^dav; 
and  while  iTconnoiterinii'  the  -iliialion  of  ilie  enemy,  he  was 
surprised  hy  a  i^arty  of  their  lior-e;  and  after  h.in-  taken 
prisonei'.  was  inlnnnanl,\  wounded  l,y  iheni.  lie  was  eonveyeil 
to  the  city  of  Williainslan--h.  \il'-iliia,  wliere  he  died  Oel.  f,, 
I7«l,  at  the  a-eol  :):i.  (oj.  Seammel  was  an  otMeer  of  mu^oin- 
inon  merit.  He  wa>  amiahle  and  winidn-'  in  his  manners,  and 
iiis  loss  was  deeply  i-e;;retled. 


(e.).  (iK\.  OllvMi;  1  >|.;  I.AN(i:v,  of  t  he  llril  i>h  Rc-idar  .\rn)y, 
the  yonn;.;'e-t  of  the  I  wo  >ons  of  |!ri--.  (len.  (>li\er  1  »e  l.ani'ev. 
of  New  York,  hy  hi-  wile  I'hil.-i.  d.-niii-hler  of  havid  Fi'anks. 
of  Philadelphia,  wa^    horn   in  I7'i:i.  in   the  eilvof  .New  York. 


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He  WMs  v.'iliiciittMl   for  tlu'  an 
ii<--t    ill  the    14tli    Drjiirodiis    in 
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iiy,  and  was  (•(miii 


•<iiiiu'(l  a  ( 'or- 


I  (l.   \v 


iiil. 


iiinxiiii' 


iniiit: 


iKli.'s  ill   Enui.ind.  hv   lieiiiir  at   that   tiino   in  his  thirteenth 
77;!.  hi'  was  made  a  Caprain  in  the  1 7th  I,i--|it 
iK'iit    ill   wliicli    ho    ivinaiiRMl    (or  tin'  lona' 
period  ot  hniv-iiiiie  vears,  huhliiif.  sufcossiveh  ovitv  i-aid<  in 


vcar.     Ill  Mav,  I 


l)raii'( Kills — a    rcuii 


it.  and  d 


Vlll; 


'•<  its  Cuioiiel 


nniy.     IVovious  to  Mie  untlirc-ak  of  hostilil 


when  a  lull  (u'licral  in  tlii;  IJritisii 


c's  in  Am 


.  I'ote  and  imldisiiod  in  N\\v  Yi 


i-TU'a,  hf 


sidt-Tatioiis  on  tlif  jiroprict 


lianiifhief  i.Tititied   •'(' 


Col 


onio- 


■hid 


y  ot  iniposiiiy  Ta.Kes  on  the  liritish 


I  met  with  t; 


editions   in   f.ondon.     I)i 


Ivor,  and  passed  tliroii<;-|i  several 


witii  distinct 


iriii!,''   the   Aiiieri(!aii 


war. 


lie  servec 


V> 


K»n  on    l.oiiM'  Island,  in   New  York,   New  Jersey, 


ennsyivania,  and 


o  ill  the  Caroli 


in  the  op(.-rati<ins  at  tl 
Hrookiyii,  he  led  the  adv 


nas,  where  he  j)arti(Mpated 


sieiie  ol' Charleston.     At  the  hattle  of 


.hli 


nice  of  the  JJritisli  f 


tlr 


orces,  seizinir  and 


|>ass    throiifih   whieh    Clinton's    an 


Niinst  and  forced  tlj 


ii.v    advanced 


c  American  lines,  tlierehv  ol 


victory. 


11 


e  was  Uie  iiitima'.e  perse 


>l  U 


ii;id  sncceeded  him  as  Adjutant  ( 


ic  was 


Americ.'i.     lu  17)-!i 

of  the    17th    I.iu'ht    I)i'.i'/n(ais 

l>epnty-Adiutant-(;eneral   of  tli 
the  ran 


eiieral  of  the  nrilisli  ani 


)tailiiny  the 


)!'  -Major  Andre, 


iv  in 


iiiioted   to   the  J.ielit.-Coh 


'.Id 


ited 


k  of  Colonel.     Four  years  aft 


e  entire   Kntrlish  f 


A[aJoi'-(;eiieral,  ;ii 


erwards  he 


orces,   with 
was  made  a 


Harni(d<-.Master-(ieneral  of  the  liritisl 


d   the  .same  time  ajipointed   hv  Mr.  Pitt, 


he  held  for  tel 


I  \  ear- 


Ill  .^ray,  179.5,  1 


Colonelcy  of  the  17th  l.i-ht  Dr 


^'iiipire,  ail  o;lice  which 
le  was  pHHiioted  to  the 


ik  (d' 


-ieiil.-Ceiieral,  and   ii 


lyooiis,  in  ISUJ  he  att, 


lined  the 


iriiisi 


I  ai'iiiv . 


IK 


I  h'^ll'  hecaiiie  a  full  (Jeiieral  of 
.•It   for  ninny  year-  in  the  liritish  I'ar- 


I'.ii'H'id    ■■d    ihe   imie    when    I'in.   Fo.n  and   Ihirl, 


( 'oinii 


Ke  u'l'acei 


1   II 


le 


Cell.   Pe  I.aiicc.v   died  at    Kd 


ailHirjih,  111 


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NurKS. 


HI 


!^!'(  tlaiid,  Sopl.  :;,  ]s±2,  .-uiil 
.luliii's  t'lmpi'l  ill  tliMt  citv. 


iviiiaiii-  wrw  iiitvrivil   in  S|. 


(-•.).    JkAN     ItAI'TlSTl.;     DoXATlK.V    I.K   VlMKll;.    CdlNT    DIcK,,- 

•iiAMMKAi  ,  .M,.,r>l,ai  ..f  FraiKT.  was  hcni  at  Vi'iidonu.  in  ITii.-). 
aiul    eiitfivd    the    army   at    the  a-c  ..f  si.xteoii.      in    ]74(1    he 
hecan.e  Ai(l-.le-('an.|.  to   Lciis  I'liiliipe,    I )nke  ..f  Orleans,  un.l 
afterwards,  ubtainin-   tlie   coniniand   uf  tiie   re-inieiit  of  J,a 
Mareiie,  distiiiM-nished  himself  at  the  i;uttle    ,f  I.atel,lt.  where 
I'c-'  was  wonnded.     He  afterwards  ohtained    fresh   lanivls  at 
Creveldt.    Minden,    Corbaeii,   and    Ch.sterean.p;    and    havin- 
been  made  JJent.-Geiieral,  was  in  ITSii  sent   witli  an  ari.iv  ..T 
0,000  men  to  tlie  assistaiiee  of  the  Amei'ieans.     He  acted  in 
eoneert  with  Washiniiton,  first  a-ainst  Gen.  Clinton   In   New 
^  ori<,  and  then  a-aiiist  Cornwallis  iii  \'irginia.    He  was  raised 
to  the  raniv  ot  Marshal  by  Louis  XVI,  and  after  the  revol.itiou, 
was  appointed  to  the  eommand  of  tlie  ar.ny  of  t)ie   North,  hut 
lie  was  superseded   by  more  active  (.ttieers,  and  being  ca'hnn- 
niated  by  the  l)oi)n]ar  Journalists,  he  addressed  to  tlio  Legisla- 
tive Assembly   a   vindioation   of  Ids  coiidiiet.     A  decive  <,C 
••il'l"-"''ation   was  eonseipiently   passed   in   Mav  ]7!I2,  and    he 
retired  to  his  estate  near   VendAnie.  with  a  d'etenninati„n   t., 
niterfere  no  more  with    publie  attairs.     He  was  snhse.pientiv 
aiTested,    and    narrowly    est^aped   sulfering   death    tmder   the 
tyranny  of  iiobespierre.     In  1S();{  ho  was  present  3d  to  linona- 

parte,  who  jn-anted  him  a  pension  and  the  cross  of  grand  olliec.r 
of  the  legion  of  hon„r.  His  death  took  place  in  jsoT,  at  the 
age  of  (11.     His  "Memoirs"  were  published  in  JNoi). 


r.iK    I!ai;o.v,  Wii.mam  \(..v  Knvimia.sKn,    l.icnt.-(.eneral   in 
the  lirilish  service  dnrii-.-  the  American   revolnti 


tion,  was 


;/ 


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NOTKS. 


Ill  Ali'use,  tlicii  oiR.  (,t'  tliu  Hlienisli  ijrovincos,  iibont  tlio  yt-ar 
17;{().     Jlis  fjitlicT  \v!i.s  Colonel  of  the  Geniiiui  Kef,'t.  uf  Ditt- 
lortli,  ill  tlie  seniee  of  John,  J)iike  of  Marlborough,  and  his 
own  military  career  coiiiiiioiiued   in  the  service  of  Frederick 
William  I.  (,f  Prussia,  the  father  of  Frederick  the  Great.     Sub- 
se(iii(.ntly  bo  served   iii   the  several  wars  wajred  by  the  latter 
against  Austria.     In  1770  he  received  from  the  British  goveni- 
meiit  the  cominand  of  12,00(»  Wiildeckers  and  Hessians  hired 
to  aid  in  repressing  the  insnrrectioi.  in  the  American  colonies, 
and  arrived  in  New  York  in  time  to  pariiciimte  in  the  battle 
of  Mrooklyn,  August,  ]770.     Jle  was  at  the  battle  of  White 
J'lains.  ;ind  aided  in  the  capture  of  Fort  Washington  in  Noveiu- 
I'er  1770,  and  in  the  defeat  of  the  Anierii^aii  forces  at  Brandy- 
Nvine  in  the  succeeding  year.     In  June  1780,  being  then  in  the 
temporary  eommand  of    the  British   troojjs  in   ^'e^v  York, 
during  the  absence  of  .Sir  Henry  Clinton  at  the  South,  he  made 
ii  .lescent  into  the  Jerseys  with  5,0011  men.  in  the  hope  of  rally- 
ing the  disaftected  Anierioans  to   the  royal  standard,  but  he 
.M'fomplisbed  little  beyond  sacking  the  village  of  Connecticut 
Farms.    A)n  the  S-'id  he  re-entered  the  Jeivseys with  re-enforee- 
M.ents,  and    att.ncked   the   detachment    under   Greene,   wbi,.h 
o.vupied   Springtield   and    the  heights   in   the   rear.     But  so 
skillful  were  ibc  dispositions  of  the  American  general,  that 
after  an    indecisive   contlict,   Knyj.iiausen  again  returned   to 
Staten   Island,  after   burning  the  village  of  Springlield.     lie 
w.is  a  man  of  fine  personal  appearance,  about  5  feet  11  inches 
ill  height,  s-  .ught  and  slender.     His  features  were  sharp,  and 
his  appearance  martial,  and  he  was  remarkably  amiable  and 
simple-minded.     It  is  said  he  used  fo  spread  his  bread  with  his 
tliumb.     (ion.  Lafayette  was  in  the  Habit  of  telling  an  anecdote 
conoernin-   bim.  on    the    .■nithority  of   Ihiiisb    oilirers.     The 
jia>sage  to  America  was  very  long,  and  one  night,  u  liilo  play- 


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'"^'  "-lu^t   n,    tlK-  ,..,l,i„.  Kny,,l,,ni<.„    .n.M..„lv  tnn„.,l   m  tl,.- 

«•"".•""""'"'•  <'f  tlK-  voss..I.,n„|   ..•li.l.  with  ,„,  ;nrnf„n„.h.i„. 

«'«'nt,v.   -  Captain,  ai,rf  ,r,'  hah  milal  pant  America  T     The 

"•""  -1-0(1  in  Uerlii,,  i„  I'n.ssi,,,  „„  tin.  2.1  .l,,v  ofJinu.   I7s.| 

l-'d  ;■)!».  ■  ' 


il 


ii'ohind    ill    \~i\\,  iiiul 


(jjj.   CiiAin.Ks  Thomson  was   l.on,    in 
came  to  Aniorica  with  his  thiv.  M.y  h.-otluTs  ,..i,o,it   1741 
He  lan.le.l  at  Xewonsth-.  Ddawa.v.  with  slen.lor  means  ofsnh- 
s.stence.     Havi.ijr  heen  e.li.cate.l   l.y  Dr.  Anison,  lie  ke,,!   the 
i^ncMLls    Aea.leiny.      IK.    afterwards    went    to    Phihulelphia, 
Whore  he  obtained  tiie  adviee  and  friendshii.  of  Dr.  Franklin 
At   the  tirst    Coi.irress   i„   1774.  i,e  was   ealied   u],o„   to  take 
iinnutes  of  their  i.ieasnres.  and  from  that,  time  he  was  tlie  sole 
^eeretary  of   the  lievohitionary   r.,„j,,.,,,.     ^^  ,^,^i^,„^,^,  ,,.^ 
olhoe  m  July  17SU,  havii,..  hd.l  it  .iftcen  years.    ]|is  mi„d  was 
tunnelled  with  various  lean.iu^.  and  his  eharaoter  was  marked 
l.y  regularity,    probity.  H,,,„iess.  ..,nd    patriotism,     lie   tran.- 
ated   the  Septuagint.  and   his  work  was  published   in    isos 
His  wiles  niai(\n  name  was  llamiaii  Harrison.     She  was  tlie 
aunt  of  (ien.  AVm.  H.  Harrison,  late   I'residvnt  of  the  United 
States.     Mr.   Thomson  died    at    Lower   Morion.    Mont-omery 
County.  Pennsylvania,  on  the   Kith  day  of  Aimust  1S24.  ageii 
1*4  years.     His  wife  died  in  1K(I7.      their  remains  lie  inierred 
H.    Laurell    Hill    t'oniotery,    near    J'hiiadelphia.    havin- 
renioveil  in  Im:js  from  Lower  Merioii,  whore  thev  had  orig 
been  deposited. 


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The  following  accounts  „f  the  capture  of  Marr  ami  M.k.iIv,  and  the 
subseqaent  death  of  the  latter,  we  take  from  the  papers  of  th'e  day. 
(■'n).   "Piiii.ADKr.i'iiiA.  November  14. 

Oil  Thursday  morning  last,  (8th  Nov:  1781J  Lanrenco 
ilarr  and  John  :N[.iody,  both  of  Col.  Barton's  Tory  regiment, 


5)0 


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wero  .•iijpi'clit.ridi'il  in  t!ii<  city  on  snspicion  ot'bi-inu'  ii]i'wi.  On 
tlip  two  t'oUiiwina' (liiys  tliey  were  in(lnli,'e(l  witli  ii  v.:uu\U\  and 
t'nll  lieiiriiifi,  hctore  n  respectfible  bonnl  of  officers,  whereol' tli« 
honouralilo  nnijor  jronoral  tlio  innniuin  de  Lafayette  was  ]>re- 
sent.  It  appeared  their  l)iisiness  was  to  steal  and  carry  oti'tlie 
secret  journals  of  Confrress,  and  otlier  ])a|»iTs,  to  New  York. 
They  linve  made  several  interestinfr  diseoveries  ot  nniny  jier- 
sons  in  these  states,  who  are  doinj;  their  ntnio^t  to  rnin  their 
country.  The  names  of  these  ingrales  will  appear  in  proper 
time.  The  hoard  of  otiieers  havinir  reported  to  the  honourable 
board  of  war,  their  oj/inion  was  apjiroved,  and  Marr  aud 
Moody  wei'e  both  sentenced  to  die ;  wliicli  sentence  was  exe- 
cuted on  Moody  yesterday  betvveen  tlio  liours  of  eleven  aud 
twelve.  Marr  is  respited  until  Friday  the  23d  inst.  From 
Satnrd.'iy  evening,'  until  yesterday,  the  criminals  wen  both 
attended  by  a  st-^'itlemau  of  the  clerical  order,  who  ^'ives  ns 
ground  to  liojic  they  were  real  ])euitents,  as  from  the  be^nn- 
ning  of  their  confinement  they  manifested  the  greatest  con- 
trition for  all  their  sins,  political  and  moral.  The  enemy,  who 
at  this  jjeriod  seem  e(inal  to  iio  e.\i)loits  .su])erior  to  robbing 
uiails  and  stealing  pa])ers,  njay  thank  the  monster  lieiiedict 
Arnold,  their  beloved  friend,  for  the  untimely  death  of  this 
young  man,  wlio  was  only  in  his  23d  year." 

Freeman's  Journal,  IVed  :  Nov:  14.  ITsl. 


"  Xi:>v  Yoiiic,  Xovend)er  21. 

The  report  of  the  death  ot  J.ieut.  .  riies  Moody, 
proves  a  mistake,  he  being  now  in  this  city,  but  his  brother 
John  Moody,  after  being  seized  at  J'hiladelphia,  was  put  to 
death  by  the  rebels,  and  bis  body  carried  for  interment  to  his 
distressed  father,  and  relations  at  Egg-Jlarbour.'' 

Hivington,  Nov.  2\,  \"k\. 


N-UTK.S.  91 

(j4).  SiFi  He.vhv  Cmntun    wiis    the  i.l(k>t    soil    of   A.liiiiral 
(ieorpe  Clintoi),  foniierly  Governor  of  the   Province  of  \ew 
York,     lie   eiitereil    the   iiriiiy  iit   tin   ojirly  aire.     Jle   heciinie 
Lieut,  in   the  Cold  Stretini  (iiiariU,  .Nov.  I,  ITol,  dipt,  m  the 
l.st  Foot  (iuurds,  May  (1,  175H,  Colonel  in  the  nrmy,  1702,  iiud 
of  the  12th  Kegt.  of  Foot,  Nov.  28,  ITC.C.     Me  yainod  jrivat 
credit  for  hi.s  services  during  the  seven  years'  war  in  (u'rniany, 
and  rose  to  the  rank  of  Major-{ieneral,  May  25,  1772,  and  in 
May  1770  arrived  iit  Hoston.     lie  distiiijrnislied  himself  at  the 
battle  of  Hiiidicr  Hill,  and  was  rewarded  in  September  follow- 
ing  by   being  created   Knight  of  the   Hath,  and  advanced  to 
the  rank  of  Lieiit.-CuMierjd  in  America.     In  .lanuary,  177(i.  he 
was  appointed  (Jeneral,  and  was  defeated  tliat  year  at  Sulli- 
van's Island,  and  in  August  following,  commanded  a  division 
in  the  battle  of  Brooklyn.     In  OctoI.er  lie  defeated  a  [lortioii 
of  the   Anieric.in   army   on   the    Hronx   river,   in   Westchester 
Coniity,  ill  1777  w;is  appointi'd  l.ieiit.-Cieiieral  in  the  army,  and 
was  afterwar.U    present  at   ihc    storming  ot   forts  Wa.-,hiiigton 
and  Clinton.     '     i77,s   he    was   commissioned  Commander-in- 
Chief,  and  conducred    the   retivat    from  I'hiladelphia   to   \ew 
York.  ;m(l  iji  Deceinher  emiiarked  for  Chiirlestoii.  S.  (\.  wliicli 
lit-'  reduced.      He  was    succeeded    in    the    chief  command    by 
(ieiieral  Carleton   in    1782.  when  he  returned  to  Hnniaiid.      In 
17H2,  he  published  a  Narrative  of  his  ciuidint   in  America,   in 
17H;{,  Observations  on  Cornwallis"  .\nswer,  and  in  17!t4,  Ohser- 
vatioiison  .Mr.  Stedniiin's  History  of  the  .Vinericaii  War.      He 
died  December  1;!,  171)0. 


(.'!,).  Wii.i.iAM  FiiA.NKi.iN  was  the  son  of  the  celebrated  Dr. 
Heiij.  rr.inklin,  and  was  born  about  the  year  17:'>1.  He  ri- 
ceived  a  good  educatiiai.  and  was  bred  for  the  professioii  of 


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l"w.     Ill    thr   Frciicii    Will'  he  lifted  ;i«  a  ciiptiiiii,  iiiiil  >rMini'il 
giviit  iir;ii-r  tor  1  is  (•(nidiict  iit  Tic()n<lcni;rii.     licfori'  tlio  de- 
;'Iiiriiti(iii  (iriH'iKt.'  he  utiit   to  p:ii'.daml  with  his  luther,  whcTc 
lioth  wore  ivcoivi'd  with  iiiai'kt'd  ntli'iitiiMi.     In  tjiu  vciir  17(i;! 
lie  was  apiM.intcd  (Ion eriKir  of  New  .ItTsfy,  which  otiico  he 
held  for  several  years.     His  appoiiitiiieiit   was  an  iiiip(«|)nlar 
one,  arisiiiir  in  i)art  from  the  ille;;itiiiiaev  of  ids  l.irtli,  hiitpriii- 
eipally  from  his  '•  tiiiie-servin;.' condiiet  and  courtier-like  pro- 
peiisitie><;'     When  the  lUvolntioiinry  War  liroke  out  he  took 
the  side  of  the  thrown,  and   his  suhsequont  eonrse  of  conduct 
rendered  him  so  ohiioxious  that  he    was  tinally  ousted  from 
oftice  in  1770,  and  AVilliam    Liviiifrston,  a  ineinher  of  the  First 
Continental    Congress,  hecanie    his  successor.      The   deposed 
(iovernor  was  declared  an  enemy  to  the  country,  and  was  con- 
sequently imprisoned,  Imt  on  the  arrival  of  Sir  Henry  Cliiilon 
III  177s,  his  exchange  was  ett'ected,  and  he  was  set   at  liberty. 
He  served  for   a   short  period    as    I're-idenl    of  the   Hoard  of 
Loyalists,  and  tiien  went  to  Fiigland.      He  and  his  father  were 
for  a  long  time  estranged,  hut  a  reconciliation  was  eventually 
clfeeteil,  though  it  is  evident  that  the  latter  reiiiemhered   his 
son's  course  of  conduct  to  the  last,     (iovernor  Franklin  died 
in  Xoveiiiher,  ISUi.  at  the  age  (.f  ahout  Hii  veurs. 


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(■j«).  CoiiTi.A.NDT  Skin.nki!,  of  Ncu'  .iei'sey.  was  .Vttorney- 
(ieiieral  of  that  Colony  at  the  comiiieiicenienl  of  the  Kevohi- 
tion,  and  in  the  performance  of  his  otlicial  duties  evinceil  much 
ahility  and  integrity.  He  accepted  service  under  the  Crown, 
and  was  authorized  to  raise  a  corps  of  Loyalists  to  consist  of 
2.5(10  men.  lie  was  allowed  to  nominate  his  own  otiicers. 
Three  battalions  were  organized  and  otlicered,  and  called  the 
New  Jersey  Volunteers.  The  enlistments  of  common  soldiers 
were    slow.      After  several   months    of  active   exertion,    the 


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93 


Mliclr  niuiilHT.pfiiini  ul„,  I,;, (I  nillicd  tinder  i,is  siaiulani  was 
lint.  I.Ktl.  SkiinK.r,.,,ntiiiik'(!  in  coiiiiiiaiKl  of  tlio  corps  witli 
tlic  rank  of  i;ri-a.li..r-(;..i:,.ral.  At  Hr.  restoration  „f  peare. 
Iir  uent  to  Kn-lan.l.  anil  di.d    in   |{ri>iul    in    17!i!»,  at   the  Hfie 


of  VI. 


(.-.).  (;f..nki!m.  .Iamks  l-Ai-risox  was  appoinii-d  Captain  of 
ArtilkT.v  AnfiM,>t  i.  1747,  I.ii-i.t.-C'oloM,.]  in  the  arniv  in  I7(;|, 
1111(1  Coloni.j  Conon.uMlant  of  Artillery,  A|)ril  2r,th,  1777.  On' 
tiio  I'.lth  of  KelHuary,  177!»,  he  was  upi.ointed  Maj<.r-(;eneral. 
'iimI  in  the  month  of -Inly  foHowin- was  made  Commandant 
"tlli>>  (iarrixHi  of  New  York,  in  I)Iaeeof  l.ieut.-iJeneral  .lones. 
lie  aceompanied  the  army  aijiainst  Charleston  in  l7so,  and  was 
niised  to  the  rank  of  l.ient.-(ieneral  Se|.temher  l's,  17K7,  and 
on  the -Jdth  January,  I7;i7,  iittainul  the  rank  of  (ieiieral  in  the 
Hritisl,  army.  IR.  .lie.l  al  his  li,Ml>e  in  Hill  Sireet,  lierklev 
'S|M;nv,  London.  March  I.  Isii.-,,  at  the  a-v  of  ,s,  vears. 


(.-).  Sii!  (iKoiioK   IJkckwitu   was  the  -m nd  son  of  Major- 

Ceiieral  Heckwith,  an.l  was  horn  in  17:.:!.  He  was  hred  to 
the  army,  and  hecame,  .Inly  -.'o.  J  771.  ,,„  ^.n-i-n  of  the  37th 
I'o-t;  ohiained  a  lieutenancy  .Inly  7,  I77.J.  and  in  the  foil., win- 
year  emharked  for  America  under  Coniwallis.  ( )n  his  arriva*! 
he  wa>  nominated  Adjutant  to  a  hattalion  ..f  -renadiers,  ami 
shortly  after  served  in  the  operations  a-aiu>t  Charleston!  and 
then  in  the  hattle  of  Brooklyn,  at  the  landin-  „„  x^w  York 
i^l.'nid.  at  the  iMttle  of  White  Phdns.  an.l  at  the  taking  of  Fort 
.Montgomery,  s,„,n  after  which  heend>arked  for  Jihude  Island. 
In  Fehruary,  1777.  he  rejoined  the  hody  of  the  arniv  in  New 
•Icrsey.  where  he  remained  till  .Iul>,  when  he  purchased  a 
('api.''iii-l.ieuienan.n  and  emharkul  «  ,lh  ihe  lleet  for  the  I'eJin- 


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ll'liiii.      Ill    Miiv    lie   siif 


I'ltecrtvo  ctiiiipiiMv.  iiiKJ  iilimit  till'  siiim.  tiiiu'  !„■ 

(•Mine  Aid  .|f-('illi||)  tnii.MI.  KllV|illllll-ell,  ;llld  MTVeij  MS  Ml.'li 
lit  the  hjilllc  of  .M,,i,,ii,,iltii.  Ill  IVSj  lie  u;|v  uitli  Ariinldni 
Nl'W     l.nildi.ll.       Ill     XoVfiiiluT    tujlowill^f     Ik'    luMilliic    lilVVct- 

Miiji.r.  mid   in  .liinc,  1  VH-J,  \v;is  ii|)|Miiiii,.d   Aid-ik.-('Miii|i  to  Sir 
(iiiv  Ciirlfioii.  \<\  wl'niii   h,.   uji>  ciiiiduvi'd  in  nci^otiiilintr  tlic 
jiii'jiii^ri'iiKMiis  l(ir  till'  witiidrnwiil  nfilic  liriti^ii  rri.ni  Aiiicricii 
ill   i7.s:i.      Ill  Aii;;il>l  -J.-),   I7!l.'),  lie  ivciMvi'd   tlu'   hifvct  rmik  of 
Ciduiifl,  mid  in   April,    IT'.iT,   was  imniinutud  ('(.Imii'i  on  ilu- 
MtatK  in    liiTiiiiida,  and  sinccoded  to  the  civil  froveniiiKiil    in 
17!tS.     lie  continiied  tlieiv  till  l^<oy,  wlieii  lie  returned  to  Kiig- 
Imid,  Willi  tlie  rank  of  Miiior-(ieiieval.     In  Ibii-l-  lie  was  re 
moved  to  tlie  stall' ill  llie  I.eeward  and  Windward  Islands,  and 
lieemnc  (lovenior  of  St.  Vineeiits.     On   the  death  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam 'I'll  vers,  Conimaiider-iii Chief  at  l!ari)adoes,  he  snecoeded 
liim,   reiiiainin^r   there   till    Isoc.  when    he   was  raised   to  the 
haal  rank  of  (Jeiieial.      In  March.  IsiMi.  he  was  Lieut  (leiieral, 
in   April   followiiin'    he   repaired   to   his  former  station   at  St. 
^■|ll(■ent.  and  in  .liiiie  ol.taiiied  ehief  eoiniiiand  at  Harhadoes  a 
seeoiid  time.      In  l,Mi!i,  m  ihe  head  of  l(»,(MHi  nieii,  he  rediieed 
Martiiiiipie.  for   u  hieh   he   was  kniirhted.     Jn    ISKi   he  took 
(iiiadeloiipe,  St.  Marlins  mid   St.    Eustatins  ;   in    1«U  heeame 
<ieiieral.  and  in  isji;  took  eoiiiinuiid  of  the  troops  in  Irehind. 
Ill    Mareh,  1,S2(I.    he  retnrned   to   England,  when    the   haiieful 
ellects  of  his  lonj.'  residence  and  arduous  services  in  the  We.st 
Indies  iiocame   visible   on    his   health,  and   at   len.ntli  deprived 
him  of  life  on    the   L'utn  of  March,  is^.-j.  at  the  aire  of  ah.mt 
7ii  vears. 


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r...„i.  l-i'-:"  T.-(iiiN..r  \M,.:s|;.,nf.:,Msnvu,i^.M|. „•.,(, Mlr„r, M,iilii,,rv 
lit.",  nn.!  n.s..  I.v  sii.TOKsiv,.  |,n„,„,ti.,Ms  ,,,  i|„.  |,iul,..,f  |,„Mur. 
II''  WMs  .•..-„!.'.•.!  in  tli(.  (.x|KM|i|i„„  ,,i:„iiisi    |.n„i..|,oMnr  ;„  i7.-i,s' 

"'"'  '"  '"■''••  ^^"^  "i"'  •"•'"■I'll  AiMlKTsf,  ,1,  „l,i,.|,  „,,,,'. 

"'""'  '"■  ''"'  ' •"■'•""'  ^^i'l'  >li"  <Miirl.Ti.iMst..r's  |),.,,„rl„u.nf 

I"  llio  vcar  I7(J2  1r.  was  i„  tho  ,.x|H.liii„n  .•.i:,,inst  M,H'ti,iic.. 
"iHlinl77r,  Ir.  w„.  statiura.,!  i„  |;oMn„.  and  wIr,,  that  citv 
was  ..vacnafe.1  i,v  il,..  Diiiisl,,  |,,  ar,-uu,,.ani..,l  (n,u.,al  lluwe 
t<.  N.w  \„vk.  11.  was  in  ,|,,  ,,,,„k.  „r  |,,„.  ,,,„,„,_  ,„„, 
oHi.r  on..,jr,.n.onts  in  fln.t  vinnitv.  11,  u.as  .mmiIo  Col-.n,!  in 
IHL',  .Ma.|ur-(;,Moral  in  177(1,  and  airain.,1  thf  nink  ..f  l.i,„i  - 
(icneral   in    1782.     He  was  ..nnunissiono,!    Cuvornor  of  \.w 

^  urk  May  4tl..  177!..  and  ti.ok  tl,,  oath  ,.r  .,|li,.,  un  th.  •_';! • 

March,  1780.     1„  ,!„.  vcar  1783  ho  .vtnnK.d  t.,  Kn.^hi.id.  and 
died  in  i7,ss. 


(no).  I  he  t..|i„winif  |.m<.]a,nati..M  nfCJovernor  I.ivin-ston  lor 
the  arrest  of  Moody,  with  Moody's  rc-joinder  thereto,  appears 
'"  uv.nfrton's  (faxette,  An,^  2.5.  1781.  They  arc  too  ...od  to 
1'^'  l.'sf,  and  we  ,i,Tnrdii,o.|v  ^\y^  thon,  a  place  here.  Ir  is  well 
I"  state  that  the  (o.venior  was  possessed  ot'  lai-v  ears 
prondiieiit  red  nose. 


and  a 


••  "  /nnvs  ,t  has  |,,,,„  represented  to  nie  that  the  persons 
licremaftern.ontioned,  have  heen  ^M.ilty  of  atrocious  o.fenees 
an.'  ..uve  coinn.itted  .livers  rohberies,  thefts,  mid  other  felonies 
."  this  State.  I  have  therefore  thou-ht  tit,  bv  and  with  the 
M'lvK.eol  the  Jl.)iuMirahle  the  I'rivy  Conncilof  this  State  to 
issne  this  prodamal ion,  heiel.y  promising  the  rewards  herein 
nicntioncl.  to  any  person  or  persons  who  .hall  apprehend  and 
scrnre  n,  any  gaol  of  this  St.ale,  any  or  either  of  ,|,e  tollowin..' 
iH'isons   or  „in.nder>,  i„    wit:   <'a!el.  Swee>y.  .lames   oMlara 


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.liiliii*'  Moody,  and  (iysl.ei't  Kylurlin,  tlio  Mini  of  two  laiiidivd 
»li)llar,x  of  till'  Mils  of  civdil  ix.-iifd  on  (la-  fnitli  of  fhii*  Sintc. 

"(iivi'ti  iiiid.Tiiiy  liiiiid  and  seal  af  arnit*,  at  Tivnton,  tlio 
lliird  day  of  Aii!.'iist,  17HI,  and  in  tin-  llffli  year  of  flu-  imli- 
Jn'iidi'iicc  of  AiiiiTii'a. 

Wll..  I.IVINdSTON." 


"  III  K  AMI  ('liv:    Ttrii  lliniilml  (ifinirai  Itnniiil. 

"  U/(r(Y(/v  a  cortain  William  l.iviii;r-.|on,  late  an  Attorney  nt 
l.;uv,  and  now  a  /utrlrsi  iKin-iin-  and  indirnin/'r  rih'f.  stands 
convicli'd  in  ihc  minds  '>f  all  lioncst  nii'ii,  ns  well  i>  in  Ids  own 
foiiscii'iici',  of  many  atrocious  <;riiiK's  and  olU'iici's  iiKiiin^t  (lod 
and  the  K'iiijr.  and  among  many  other  treasonalik^  practices,  has 
lately,  with  iiialicioii.s  and  mnrderoiis  intention,  pnldishcd  ii 
si'ilitioiis  ailvertiseincnt  in  a  i^dicl  iu'w>|ia|icr,  otl'i  riiij.'  a  reward 
of  what  he  calls  two  hnndred  State  dollars,  to  an  a>sa-siii  who 
shall  take  and  deliver  me  ami  three  other  loyalists  into  tlio 
jiowci-  of  him,  the  said  Willium  l,i\  inn^Kni. 

••  I  ilo  therefore  lierel>y  jiroinisc  to  pay  the  siiiii  oft  vo  liiiii- 
dred  ijililieas.  hiif  niDnrij,  to  the  pers<p|i  or  persons  who  shall 
liiiiia'  the  said  Williaiii  l.iviiifrstoii  alive  iiiio  New  York,  and 
deliver  him  into  the  custody  of  Captain  ('unninjrliani,  so  that 
lie  may  he  duly  lodged  in  the  provost,  till  the  approaching  ex- 
tinction of  the  rehellion,  then  to  he  hroiight  to  trial  for  his 
niniieriais  crimes  and  oll'eiu'es  al'ore^aid.  In  tln'  mean,  if  his 
whole  person  cannot  he  hroiight  in,  half  ihe  siiin  ahove  speci- 
tii'd  will  he  paiil  for  his  Kahs  and  Xosi:,  whicli  jire  too  wefl 
know  II.  and  loo  reiuarkalile  to  he  mistaken  ( )lisei-\e.  how- 
e\er.  that  his  life  must  not  he  atlempted,  hecaiisi'  that  would 
he  to  follow  his  c.\aiii]ile  ot  e.\<itiiig  the   villaiiioii>  ja'actice  of 


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oUliev.aMsn,,,,t,l,.  ,,.,„■«■.  nis  .-ifo's  n.aid.n  L,: 
was  Mu,.,,.|..,  (■,„„,,,,     She  was  the  daf^lit.r  of  John  C,,,,,],,, 

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::>■;'  '"  '1-  v,.ar  17-:i,  :..^..,.alon^„„lsevm.  illness,  in  tiio 
:J-)th  y^'nv  o(   hor  au,.. 

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I)i\'(l  a  «.'i>iii;|-oii'aiioliali>I.  In-  fiiilii'aci'il  K|]isrii|iae.\  in  174S, 
and  time  years  later  went  to  Ivifi'lmul  lor  ordination.  On  liis 
return  he  became  Rector  ul'  St.  -lol  ii"s  Ciiurcli  at  Elizal'eth- 
town.  N.  J.,  whcie  lie  Ions  mainta^ied  a  liii,'li  cliaractcr  for 
erudition  and  talents,  lie  was  an  ^arly  and  nnconipromisint; 
loyalist,  and  ex])ressed  liimself  witli  inucli  wnrinth,  in  conse- 
(]nonce  of  whicli  he  .liiive  ott'ence  to  many  of  iiis  coiiurepation. 
who  left  his  cimrch.  lie  afterwards  went  to  N'ova  Scotia, 
and  was  elected  the  tirst  liisiioii  uf  the  (-'olony.  bur  lie  declined 
the  otlice  on  aceo'int  of  ill-health.  During' the  last  ten  yeais 
ot  his  life  he  was  atiiicted  with  a  painful  disease,  but  he  bore 
his  sntl'erin^'s  with  i)atience  and  even  with  cheerfulnc-^.  Ik- 
wrote  several  works,  some  of  a  tiieolotiical  character,  and 
others  upon  the  polities  of  the  day.  in  all  of  which  he  showed 
himself  to  be  a  writer  of  ability.  Ife  waslari^e  and  portly, 
and  of  tine  personal  ajipearai  ce.  and  liis  countenance  exjnvs- 
sive  of  high  intellifxence.  Jle  had  a  stroiii:  conimandiufi' 
voice,  and  was  a  areat  lover  of  music.  Mo  died  on  the  17th 
day  of  .lune,  IT'-H),  at  the  a;:e  of  *H.  His  widow  dien  in  the 
vear  1801,  at  the  aiie  ol  CH. 


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